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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the girls in society families like Beatrice's?
(a) They never get their inheritances.
(b) They are sent away to school.
(c) They are shut away in the house.
(d) They are married off.

2. What idea of Mrs. Lacy's does Beatrice try to deflect?
(a) That Mrs. Lacy should remarry.
(b) That they should try to find Ralph.
(c) That Beatrice should go to college.
(d) That Beatrice should marry soon.

3. Why does Julia cry so much on the return voyage?
(a) She has colic.
(b) She can sense the tension between Celia and Beatrice.
(c) The wet nurse is ill and the child is not getting enough nourishment.
(d) The motion of the boat frightens her.

4. Who is the true heir of Wideacre?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Harry.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Morgan.

5. What does Harry do when Ralph beats him with a riding crop?
(a) Begs to be hit again.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Shoots him.
(d) Has him arrested.

6. What does Beatrice realize once they land in Cherbourg?
(a) She is homesick.
(b) She hates to travel.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She loves to travel.

7. What does Beatrice know that Ralph really wants?
(a) Mrs. Lacy.
(b) Harry.
(c) Wideacre.
(d) Beatrice.

8. Which men does Beatrice hate?
(a) All of them.
(b) The ones which make it impossible for women to own land.
(c) The farmers who work on Wideacre.
(d) The politicians.

9. Who walks in on Beatrice and Ralph as they make love in the abandoned mill?
(a) Mrs. Lacy.
(b) Morgan.
(c) Harry.
(d) Squire Lacy.

10. What has Harry learned from a problem boy at school?
(a) How to cheat on tests.
(b) Sexually deviant behavior.
(c) How to cut class.
(d) French.

11. What does Beatrice vow after her father's death?
(a) To murder Harry.
(b) To murder her mother.
(c) To implicate Harry in the murder.
(d) To get even with Ralph.

12. What causes Beatrice to faint while trying on her bridesmaid dress?
(a) The room is very stuffy.
(b) Talk about Ralph.
(c) The dress is too tight.
(d) The seamstress cuts herself.

13. What does Celia refuse to let Mrs. Lacy do to Julia?
(a) Swaddle her.
(b) Paint her fingernails.
(c) Curl her hair.
(d) Pierce her ears.

14. What words does Dr. McAndrew mouth to Beatrice as she leaves with Celia and Harry?
(a) I love you.
(b) Come back soon.
(c) Bon voyage.
(d) Don't forget to write.

15. Whose death does Ralph plan?
(a) Harry's.
(b) Squire Lacy's.
(c) Tim's.
(d) Beatrice's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Lacy know about Beatrice when she sees her at port?

2. Which of the following was NOT mentioned in Squire Lacy's will?

3. Which of the following terms does Beatrice NOT use to describe Celia?

4. What does Celia name the new baby?

5. Who becomes enamored with Beatrice at Harry and Celia's wedding?

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