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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 says, "God bless you, sir, we know you was always our friend"?
(a) Bunce.
(b) Abel.
(c) Sir Abraham.
(d) Harding.

2. Who does Grantly worry will attempt to talk to Sir Abraham?
(a) Mary.
(b) Harding.
(c) Bold.
(d) Susan.

3. How many clauses are in the bill that Sir Abraham is engaged in when Grantly calls on him for help?
(a) 362.
(b) 137.
(c) 298.
(d) 48.

4. Whose home is called Plumstead Episcopi?
(a) Grantly.
(b) Bold.
(c) Harding.
(d) Mary.

5. What is Grantly's youngest daughter called?
(a) Grizzel.
(b) Dakota.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Brody.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money are the beadsmen hoping to collect a year if Harding is fired?

2. What is Dr. Grantly's first name?

3. What relation is Grantly to Harding?

4. Who says, "My dear old friend, there is nothing: there is no news to cheer me--God's will be done."?

5. Who is the saint of music that the narrator refers to in Chapter 5, "Dr. Grantly Visits the Hospital"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bold take issue with the charitable men's home?

2. Why does the narrator say he has made up the town of Barchester?

3. Why is Eleanor not worried about seeing Bold when she goes to see Mary?

4. Why does Harding tell Eleanor to go for a walk after he gets done visiting at the bishop's palace?

5. What do Grantly and the bishop tell Harding that Sir Abraham has said about their legal case?

6. What advice does Grantly's wife give him that he refuses to listen to?

7. How does Harding react when he reads an article about himself in the newspaper?

8. Why is Harding hesitant to let Grantly take on Bold in a legal battle?

9. How does Harding react when Eleanor describes Bold as her enemy?

10. What happens after Eleanor reproaches Bold for being at odds with her father?

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