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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 often does the newspaper that publishes a story about the lawsuit against the warden come out?
(a) Each day.
(b) Twice a week.
(c) Every two weeks.
(d) Once a week.

2. What is Harding's first name?
(a) Francis.
(b) Septimus.
(c) Exeter,
(d) Charles.

3. Who would always say, "Well, well, Mr. Harding; you're too good, much too good"?
(a) Grantly.
(b) Chadwick.
(c) Bold.
(d) Bunce.

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

5. How long has Bold been in the city where the old men's home is located?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 11 years,
(c) 3 years.
(d) 1 year.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator guesses Bold is how old?

2. Harding asks Eleanor if she is in love with whom?

3. Who refuses to attend Harding's party?

4. What is the name of the old man who is bed ridden?

5. How much money is Harding in debt at the beginning of Chapter 10, "Tribulation"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Harding feel when Bold tells him he will probably take legal action against him?

3. What happens when Bold sees Eleanor after missing Harding's party?

4. How does a newspaper article describe Harding?

5. What does Grantly say when he confronts the beadsmen about taking legal action?

6. What does Grantly do after he decides to nip the beadsmens' rebellion in the bud.

7. How do Harding and Grantly feel about Bold's attempts to create reform?

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

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

10. What happens when Bold and Mary receive their party invitations?

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