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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. Where is there an auction that Belle needs Morgan to approve a purchase at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Rome.
(b) Boston.
(c) Paris.
(d) Berlin.

2. From what street is the entrance to J. P. Morgan's new library?
(a) 84th Street.
(b) 36th Street.
(c) 67th Street.
(d) 42nd Street.

3. Who escorts Belle to the opera in Chapter 11?
(a) Ethel.
(b) Russell.
(c) Morgan.
(d) Louise.

4. Where did Belle's family live before they moved to New York City?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Norfolk.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Washington, DC.

5. In Chapter 2, how long has it been since Belle and her family have visited her mother's family?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 10 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many colored men died in the Atlanta Massacre?

2. What does a newspaper article insinuate might appear on the walls of the Pierpoint Morgan Library in Chapter 14?

3. In Chapter 10, what color scarf does Belle use when she bids at the auction?

4. How many volumes of Virgil's poetry are housed in the Princeton library?

5. What type of music lessons does Belle's mother give to school children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whose collection is being sold in Chapter 10?

2. How does Belle always know when Morgan is going to summon her to his office?

3. In Chapter 11, what has Belle done with a raise she has received from Morgan?

4. What does Belle realize she will need to do in order to fit in when she goes out into society for Morgan?

5. What gift does Belle remember her father gave her on her tenth birthday, and what were his dreams for her?

6. What does Belle tell a group of men at the Boston auction in Chapter 10 about her responsibilities for Morgan?

7. How does Belle quash Anne's inquiries about her background?

8. How does the burden of keeping the family's secret of their race grow heavier as time goes on?

9. What awaits Belle at her family's apartment after her first day as Morgan's librarian?

10. What do Morgan and Bell decide about the library's collection?

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