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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 is Bold's lawyer?

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

3. Grantly says a local newspaper has taken up a case against what Lord?

4. The narrator guesses Bold is how old?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Bold goes to visit Harding, hoping to demand a detailed statement of the hospital's accounts?

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

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

5. How does the bishop react when Harding tells him that Bold, who might marry his daughter, is looking to take legal action against him?

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

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

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

9. How does Hiram's Hospital come to exist?

10. How does a scandal erupt out of the legal battle between Harding and the beadsmen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at Harding's reasoning for giving up his position as warden. Why does he do this, even though Bold drops the lawsuit? Do you think he made the right decision? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Explore the character of Anticant. Why is it important that Anticant cannot see anything other than "good" and "evil" within a person's motives? How does this relate to the novel as a whole? Who else in the novel seems to have trouble seeing any gray area when it comes to good and evil?

Essay Topic 3

Explore the beadsmen and their willingness to turn on Harding. Why do so many of them sign the petition against him? What do they hope to achieve? How do they end up?

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