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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. How does Nancy Rufford react when she hears of Captain Edward Ashburnham's death?
(a) She acts stoically and attempts to keep her sadness to herself.
(b) She commits suicide.
(c) She acts cheerfully because she believes Edward has gone to a better place.
(d) She goes insane.

2. In Part 4, Chapter 5, Captain Edward Ashburnham gives a woman a large sum of money. Why does he give the woman money?
(a) Because she's been accused of murdering her baby.
(b) Because he wants to purchase her sexual favors.
(c) Because she is blackmailing him.
(d) Because her house has been destroyed in a fire.

3. In Part 4, Chapter 5, Captain Edward Ashburnham gives a woman a large sum of money. How much money does Edward give the woman?
(a) Four hundred pounds.
(b) Two hundred pounds.
(c) One hundred pounds.
(d) Three hundred pounds.

4. What is the name of the region where the Ashburnhams meet Maisie Maidan for the first time?
(a) Polynesia.
(b) Chitral.
(c) Cashmere.
(d) The Rhine Valley.

5. 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) Half-a-day.
(c) Twenty days
(d) Three days.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the witness box, while defending himself during the Kilsyte case, what does Captain Edward Ashburnham realize?

2. What title does Leonora Ashburnham's father go by?

3. What is Nancy Rufford's religion?

4. Soon after Leonora Ashburnham marries Captain Edward Ashburnham, what does she discover about her husband? .

5. The husband featured in the newspaper article Nacy Rufford reads is accused of being in love with which of the following women:

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Captain Edward Ashburnham changed since his youth?

2. Who is Nancy's father? Edward White or Cornell Rufford?

3. Do you think Nancy is a good judge of character?

4. Part 4, Chapter 4 seems to imply that the Ashburnhams have been lying to Nancy about her family. Is it right for the Ashburnhams to keep Nancy Rufford's family history a secret?

5. In Part 4, Chapter 1, what is John Dowell's motivation for blaming both Leonora Ashburnham and Florence Dowell for the downfall of the Ashburnham marriage and not Captain Edward Ashburnham?

6. Why does John Dowell dislike Rodney Bayham?

7. Why do you suppose Leonora Ashburnham never turned to her family for advice on her marriage?

8. John Dowell describes Nancy Rufford as a young and exuberant Catholic school girl. Is Nancy as pious and righteous as her religious upbringing might suggest?

9. Describe the fight that takes place in Part 4, Chapter 2, between Leonora Ashburnham, Nancy Rufford, and Captain Edward Ashburnham?

10. Why does John Dowell continually excuse Captain Edward Ashburnham from the reader's judgment?

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