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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. Which character is friends with Tom?
(a) Mary.
(b) Grantly.
(c) Bold.
(d) Susan.

2. What Greek mythological character does Eleanor want to be like?
(a) Iphigenia.
(b) Hara.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Athena.

3. What is the name of the magazine Bold buys after leaving Tom?
(a) The Almshouse.
(b) The Outhouse.
(c) The Poorhouse.
(d) The Doghouse.

4. What Greek mythological character does Eleanor compare Harding to?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Hermes.
(d) Agamemnon.

5. What does Tom show Bold that angers him?
(a) A letter to the edior.
(b) An advertisement.
(c) A pamphlet.
(d) The lifestyle section.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "I had such good news for you, and now you make me fear I am too late"?

2. Who owns Crabtree Canonicorum?

3. How does the narrator describe Harding's usual mood?

4. What time is it when Harding gets back to his London hotel from meeting with Sir Abraham?

5. The narrator says Sir Abraham has a stoop where?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Harding respond when Sir Abraham asks him why is concerned for his reputation?

2. Why does Harding feel he should leave for London as soon as possible?

3. How does Bold feel when he reads about Harding in a magazine called "The Almshouse"?

4. What happens when Eleanor tells Mary that she cannot marry Bold?

5. Why does Harding rush to find Sir Abraham as soon as he gets to London?

6. Why does Sir Abraham think Harding has come to see him?

7. Why does Bold leave angrily from his meeting with Tom?

8. Why does Harding decide not to spend his second day in London in his hotel?

9. What happens to the beadsmen when their warden resigns?

10. How does a magazine called "The Almshouse" portray Harding?

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