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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Margaret do right before she dies?
(a) Claim to see God.
(b) Apologize to her servants.
(c) Realize the errors of her ways.
(d) Send for James.

2. What is the age relationship between Margaret and Harry?
(a) This is a trick question; their ages are never really discussed in the novel.
(b) Margaret is much younger.
(c) Harry is much younger.
(d) They are about the same age.

3. What does Margaret fear about her son during her time in England?
(a) That he will forget her.
(b) That he will be murdered.
(c) That he will try to escape and be injured during the attempt.
(d) That he will come to hate her.

4. How do the common people feel about Albany's plans to invade England?
(a) They think it's a bad idea from day one.
(b) No one really cares what he does as long as they have food and shelter.
(c) They originally are behind him.
(d) Some are for him, some are against him.

5. What does Margaret ask of Albany in regard to Angus?
(a) That he definitely be killed because of what he did to her.
(b) That he be forced to work in a labor camp for the rest of his life.
(c) That he be put to death without her knowing.
(d) That he not be killed on her account.

6. Where does Harry Stuart work?
(a) In Albany's office.
(b) In the bakery down the road from the castle.
(c) In Margaret's kitchen.
(d) In James's court.

7. What does someone tell James would have happened had he try to run from the guards during his escape attempt?
(a) That they would have let him go if he just asked.
(b) That they needed any excuse to kill him.
(c) That they would rather have pulled him in to pieces than lose him.
(d) That they were being paid to pretend to be angry.

8. How does Margaret react when Albany returns after Margaret has learned he has had other lovers?
(a) She tries to be stoic but just ends up breaking down in front of him.
(b) She flies into a rage.
(c) She is indifferent to him, showing that she's no longer interested.
(d) She is horribly sad and cries for days.

9. Who intervenes on behalf of those in custody after Evil May Day?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Mary.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) Katherine.

10. What convinces James to marry the person Margaret wants him to?
(a) He gets tired of having Margaret yell at him.
(b) He sees how beautiful she is.
(c) His friends report that his new wife is really smart.
(d) He doesn't want to disappoint his mother.

11. What happens to Henry's wife?
(a) She kills herself.
(b) She is killed by the Spanish.
(c) She dies in childbirth.
(d) She is killed by the French.

12. Who is James Hamilton?
(a) A young man Margaret takes as her new lover.
(b) Angus's cousin, who Margaret gets a crush on.
(c) Margaret's nephew.
(d) Margaret's son.

13. How does James eventually break free from his guards?
(a) He overpowers them.
(b) Margaret attacks the castle he is being held in.
(c) He poisons them all with special wine.
(d) He walks away, to become king.

14. Why can James not marry the person he has fallen in love with?
(a) Because she is not the right religion.
(b) Because he needs his mother's approval first.
(c) Because he is already married.
(d) Because she needs a divorce first.

15. What reason does Margaret give Angus for why he should leave her apartment as she prepares to arrive at Henry's court?
(a) So she can wash her hair.
(b) Because she never wants to see him again.
(c) So she can get dressed.
(d) Because she feels sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What changes the people's minds about Albany's plans to invade England?

2. What does Margaret want to convince Angus to do with her?

3. What does Margaret do as Albany heads to the English border to prepare for the invasion?

4. Who does Angus request James not support?

5. Who is with James when some people try to take James from his guards?

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