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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 3, Chapter 2, it's mentioned that Nancy Rufford had once been knocked unconscious. For how many days was she unconscious?
(a) Six Days.
(b) Twenty days
(c) Half-a-day.
(d) Three days.

2. During the Ashburnham's last night at Nauheim, what does Leonora Ashburnham suggest to her husband?
(a) That he button his cuff links.
(b) That he kill Florence Dowell.
(c) That he pray to God and ask for His forgiveness.
(d) That he take Nancy Rufford out for some fun.

3. Which event in the novel is known as the "Kilsyte case"?
(a) The mysterious death of Maisie Maidan.
(b) Captain Edward Ashburnham's incestuous relationship with Nancy Rufford.
(c) Captain Edward Ashburnham's kissing of a servant girl on a train.
(d) The mysterious death of Florence Dowell.

4. How old is Leonora Ashburnham when she makes it her responsibility to rebuild the Ashburnham fortune?
(a) 30.
(b) 24.
(c) 35.
(d) 19.

5. What title does Leonora Ashburnham's father go by?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Sir.
(c) Lord.
(d) Captain.

6. What does John Hurlbird want to be done with the money his family would inherit from his death?
(a) He wanted a Catholic school built in his name.
(b) In his name, he wanted an institution created for the relief of sufferers of lung ailments.
(c) He wanted a Protestant school built in his name.
(d) In his name, he wanted an institution created for the relief of sufferers of the heart.

7. Where does Nancy Rufford live before she begins living with the Ashburnhams?
(a) In a boarding school for the arts.
(b) In the slums of Bombay.
(c) With her parents in the British countryside.
(d) In a convent school.

8. In Monte Carlo, why does Captain Edward Ashburnham buy an expensive gift for a courtesan?
(a) Because he is in love with the courtesan and wants to buy her affection.
(b) Because he is being blackmailed by the courtesan.
(c) Because he's attempting to support a child he fathered with the courtesan.
(d) Because she refuses to see him unless he buys the gift.

9. After Captain Edward Ashburnham's death, Leonora Ashburnham shares with John Dowell a letter written by which of the following people:
(a) Captain Edward Ashburnham's father.
(b) Nancy Rufford.
(c) La Dolciquita.
(d) Colonel Rufford.

10. On the day Leonora Ashburnham is bedridden, what story does Nancy Rufford read in the newspaper?
(a) A story about a wife who murders her husband.
(b) A story about a husband who murders his wife.
(c) A story about a married couple and their contentious divorce.
(d) A story about a husband and wife who win the lottery.

11. Who is the first person to beseech Captain Edward Ashburnham to get married?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) Leonora Ashburnham.
(d) His sister.

12. According to John Dowell, why is Leonora Ashburnham to blame for the destruction of her own marriage?
(a) Because she is overweight.
(b) Because she is Protestant..
(c) Because she is Catholic.
(d) Because she is a pushover.

13. What is Leonora Ashburnham's maiden name?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Powys.
(c) Du Plessis.
(d) Cooper.

14. What does Miss Florence Hurlbird want to do with the money that results from John Hurlbird's death?
(a) Build a Catholic school in John's name.
(b) Build a Protestant school in John's name.
(c) Create an institution for the relief of sufferers of lung ailments.
(d) Create an institution for the relief of sufferers of the heart..

15. Soon after Leonora Ashburnham marries Captain Edward Ashburnham, what does she discover about her husband? .
(a) She discovers he is obnoxiously frugal with money.
(b) She discovers he is extremely religious.
(c) She discovers he is extravagant with money.
(d) She discovers he is sterile.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the trip to Monte Carlo, Captain Edward Ashburnham reunites with his military regiment. When he rejoins the regiment it is stationed in which of the following countries:

2. After Captain Edward Ashburnham's romantic attachment to the woman he met during his reunion with the military , he and his wife go to which of the following places:

3. By the end of Part 4, Chapter 5, what does Nancy Rufford decide to do with herself?

4. How does Nancy Rufford react when she hears of Captain Edward Ashburnham's death?

5. What is Nancy Rufford's religion?

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