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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Alexandra overjoyed in the morning?
(a) That she is sure she is pregnant.
(b) That Jordan has finally said she can have divorce.
(c) That Jordan confided to her during the night.
(d) Jordan tells her over and over how much he loves her.

2. About what does Alexandra warn Melanie?
(a) Not to mention Jordan to the Dowager.
(b) That Lord Ponsonby has wandering hands.
(c) That Alexandra is not popular and being seen with her could be disadvantageous.
(d) That Lord Carstairs has wandering hands.

3. What does the Dowager tell Alexandra is her job?
(a) To choose carefully between Tony and Jordan.
(b) To have children.
(c) To maintain her composure.
(d) To reform Jordan.

4. Where does Alexandra go when she gets home from the ball?
(a) A vacant room in the mansion.
(b) She does not go home.
(c) Her room.
(d) Jordan's room.

5. What does Fawkes tell Jordan?
(a) That his preparations for protecting Jordan are in place.
(b) That Jordan should move back to London where Fawkes can protect him better.
(c) That he is ending his contract with Jordan since Jordan won't listen to him.
(d) That he truly believes Alexandra is setting Jordan up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jordan do after subduing the assailant?

2. What is Alexandra doing as Jordan dismisses his scribes?

3. How does Alexandra feel after the picnic with Jordan?

4. What does Anthony tell Alexandra as to why she needs to marry someone soon?

5. What does Jordan do on the picnic?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jordan initiate on the picnic and how does it reveal his feelings for Alexandra?

2. About what does Jordan confide in Alexandra?

3. What increases Fawkes' belief that Alexandra and Anthony are plotting to kill Jordan?

4. What does Jordan hint about to Alexandra?

5. How is Anthony and Alexandra's marriage halted just before the pronouncement of husband and wife?

6. How do Jordan and Alexandra differ in their reactions to being at Hawthorne?

7. Why does Jordan postpone his official duties for the day?

8. How does Jordan learn the truth about Alexandra's behavior while he was imprisoned?

9. How does Lord Carstairs create more tension between Jordan and Alexandra?

10. What is Alexandra's first response to Jordan's anger and how does Melanie change Alexandra's attitude?

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