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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. In Chapter 3, how long had Hiram been studying with Mr. Fields when he was given the job of being Maynard's manservant?
(a) 8 months.
(b) A year.
(c) About 6 months.
(d) 2 years.

2. How did Nathaniel's wife die?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Childbirth.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Drowned.

3. What food is Hiram given when he is removed from the pit in Chapter 11?
(a) Gruel.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Crackers.
(d) Bread.

4. In Chapter 10, what family members of the man who shares Hiram's cell were taken?
(a) Wife and son.
(b) Son, daughter-in-law, and grandson.
(c) Son and daughter.
(d) Son and grandson.

5. In Chapter 11, where does Hiram remember that Maynard was when they were boys and assembled all the Tasked?
(a) Bowling green.
(b) Fields.
(c) Warrens.
(d) Stables.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what season is it when Hiram finishes studying a packet of documents Corrine gives him?

2. Who is already at the well when Hiram comes on the day he plans to run in Chapter 8?

3. In Chapter 4, what did Corrine Quinn wear to the races?

4. In Chapter 1, when Hiram is in the river, what aunt does he remember?

5. What is Hiram given at the end of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Hiram's days like in Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 1, what happens to Hiram and Maynard when the bridge breaks and they fall into the river?

3. Why does Lucy follow John Parnell?

4. In Chapter 14, what does Hiram need to do for Corrine to admit him into the secrets of the Underground?

5. In Chapter 6, where does Hiram find something to do and what does he do?

6. What happens when Hiram and Sophia meet Georgie in Chapter 8?

7. At the races in Chapter 4, where was Maynard's place and why was it humilitating?

8. In Chapter 15, how does Hiram know that he has used Conduction?

9. When Hawkins introduces Hiram in Chapter 15, what does he say about Hiram?

10. What does Hiram realize that his father believes about what happened when he and Maynard fell in the river?

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