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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who begins the reform to get Harding fired from the old men's home?

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

3. Who asks, "But why shouldn't they petition, doctor?"

4. Who would always say, "Well, well, Mr. Harding; you're too good, much too good"?

5. What relation is Grantly to Harding?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Harding do to make sure he does not become enemies with Bold?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the relationship between Harding and the bishop. Why do you think they are so close? How are they alike? How they different? How do they interact with each other? What role does the bishop play for Harding?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the perspective used by the author for this novel. What kind of narrator does the reader get? Why do you think the author felt third-person was the best perspective for this novel? What is gained from this perspective? Do you feel like you missed out on anything by having a third-person narrator telling the story? How would the novel be different if it was written in first-person?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the description of Grantly's home. How does the description paint Grantly? Why do you think the author chooses to show Grantly's true nature through a description of his home? Why do you think he does not just explain to the reader all of Grantly's characteristics?

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