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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Alexandra end up eating too much?
(a) She is nervous that Jordan is mad.
(b) To avoid having to go to bed with Jordan.
(c) She is very hungry since she has eaten very little in the last week.
(d) She is pregnant.

2. What does Jordan feel about Alexandra right after the family gets back from the church?
(a) That she is too compliant to others' wishes.
(b) That she is a typical greedy, selfish woman.
(c) That she must have been coerced into marrying again.
(d) That she has aged terribly in the year or so he is gone.

3. What does Alexandra decide to do after playing with Henry for awhile?
(a) Go visit Melanie.
(b) Go fishing.
(c) Visit the Dowager in her quarters.
(d) Go riding.

4. Who does Jordan invite to drink with him when he gets home?
(a) Filbert.
(b) Alexandra.
(c) Penrose.
(d) His grandmother.

5. What does Alexandra do when Jordan asks if she wants him?
(a) Vows over and over that she does.
(b) Says she is not sure.
(c) Cries.
(d) Laughs.

6. Why is Jordan upset when Alexandra returns?
(a) That Alexandra was not there for breakfast with Jordan.
(b) That she went off without telling anyone where she was going.
(c) That his grandmother is ill.
(d) That his cousin is still interested in marrying Alexandra.

7. What does Jordan do on the picnic?
(a) Climbs a tree.
(b) Sings a song to Alexandra.
(c) Strips Alexandra.
(d) Starts crying as he relates his ordeal in France.

8. What does Melanie suggest to Alexandra?
(a) Alexandra work to make Jordan fall in love with her again.
(b) Alexandra divorce Jordan.
(c) Alexandra take some time to decide which man she wants.
(d) Alexandra keep the marriage to Anthony and have the one to Jordan annulled.

9. To what does Jordan liken Alexandra leaving his bed in the middle of the night?
(a) A wife who is only partly committed to the marriage and him.
(b) A whore.
(c) A former lover.
(d) A child.

10. How does Alexandra look on her second wedding day?
(a) Despondent.
(b) Radiant.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Overwhelmed.

11. Who does the Dowager ask to dance with Alexandra?
(a) No one.
(b) Lord Ponsonby.
(c) Anthony.
(d) Lord Carstairs.

12. What makes a big change in Alexandra's personality?
(a) Seeing her mother act like a fool in front of all the nobles.
(b) Anthony's encouragement.
(c) Seeing how so many of the other women react to Alexandra.
(d) Revelations about Jordan's life before marriage.

13. Where do Alexandra and Jordan go the next day?
(a) To his grandmother's townhouse.
(b) To talk with Scotland Yard about the murder attempts.
(c) Hawthorne.
(d) To Alexandra's home.

14. What does Filbert say when Alexandra asks if all is prepared?
(a) Yes, except the cake from London has not yet arrived.
(b) No because the guests from London have not yet arrived.
(c) He does not understand why she is throwing a party for such an undeserving husband.
(d) No because Fawkes won't cooperate.

15. What is one mistake Alexandra makes at the ball?
(a) Tipping her punch glass over.
(b) Thanking the wine pourer.
(c) Making a request of the musicians.
(d) Asking if Jordan liked ballet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do they go there?

2. What does Jordan tell Alexandra she will have to do?

3. Who is poisoned?

4. What does Alexandra anticipate from Jordan that she does not get?

5. What does Alexandra fear when Jordan returns from the ball?

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