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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. Who helps Jules and is kind to him in jail?
(a) Halla.
(b) Clegg.
(c) Henries.
(d) Sullivan.

2. What deal does Ursula the Great make with Brand?
(a) She makes him sign a document promising to marry her in five years.
(b) She buys a stake of ownership in one of his hotels.
(c) She negotiates for a percentage of the ticket sale profits.
(d) She asks for part ownership in one of his mines.

3. Who is one labor leader Gurley is speaking with when Fred Moore brings him to meet her for the first time?
(a) Marco Ricci.
(b) John Sullivan.
(c) Charlie Filigno.
(d) Jefferson Henries.

4. Which police officer in Spokane is known for his brutality?
(a) Reynolds.
(b) Clegg.
(c) Pavaldi.
(d) Hedglin.

5. What is one reason Gemma probably does not want to make Jules's death a cause for the labor movement?
(a) She does not want anyone to find out about the true nature of their relationship.
(b) She knew her daughters might pay for it in the end.
(c) She knew Gig would eventually get some money out of it and she did not want that.
(d) She knew Jules would not approve of the labor movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the police release Jules to the custody of Gemma in Part II?

2. What is one word Fred Moore uses to describe Gurley to Rye?

3. What does Brand tell Rye people like Gurley really only want?

4. What is the name of the club Ursula performs at that Brand owns?

5. What surprises many of the men around Gurley about her current condition in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gemma tell Dominick Jules thought about burial practices when he was young?

2. Why are Gig and Rye sleeping in a ballfield in Chapter 1?

3. Why do the police let Jules out of jail and where does he go?

4. What is the true nature of Gemma's relationship with Jules, and why has she hidden this?

5. In Chapter 13, what does Rye say that elicits Fred Moore's sympathy at Mrs. Ricci's house?

6. Why do the police come and start beating up the men on the ballfield in Part I?

7. What does Ursula, Margaret Anne Burns, learn from the First Ursula, Edith?

8. Where did Rye meet his old friend Jules?

9. What does Rye think of Lemuel Brand's house?

10. What does Jules's mother tell him might get him killed one day?

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