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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes it easy for Beatrice and Harry to continue their midnight trysts?
(a) John has moved back to town.
(b) John gets drunk at night.
(c) They are both divorced now.
(d) Celia has moved out.

2. Why does John say Beatrice will soon lose Wideacre?
(a) The Culler will burn it down.
(b) He is going to take it over.
(c) She will have to sell it to pay creditors.
(d) It is getting too big to maintain.

3. Which of the family members earns love and respect from kindnesses shown to the starving people?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) John.
(c) Celia.
(d) Harry.

4. Which of the following is NOT true regarding the men tearing down the fencing?
(a) The Culler is shot.
(b) Sam Fosterly dies of fever.
(c) Ned Hunter dies in a convict camp.
(d) John Tyacke is hanged.

5. Who does Celia think is Julia's father?
(a) The Culler.
(b) Harry.
(c) Robert.
(d) Ira.

6. How much medicine does Beatrice tell Celia to give Mama at a certain time?
(a) One drop before bedtime.
(b) The whole bottle.
(c) Two capsules at bedtime.
(d) Two teaspoons before dinner.

7. How much laudanum did John tell Beatrice to give Mama?
(a) Two drops every two hours.
(b) One drop every four hours.
(c) Four drops every four hours.
(d) One drop every hour.

8. What happens at the moment that Beatrice is killed?
(a) Lightning strikes.
(b) The dogs howl.
(c) A hawk flies overhead.
(d) A bell chimes.

9. Which of the following items is NOT found in the special room Beatrice creates for her sexual encounters with Harry?
(a) Baby bed.
(b) Saddle horses.
(c) Whips.
(d) Wall pegs.

10. Beatrice knows that the Culler is really ______________.
(a) Morgan.
(b) Ira.
(c) Harry.
(d) Ralph.

11. How does Beatrice pay for the entail?
(a) Land sale.
(b) Antiques sale.
(c) John's inheritance.
(d) Taxes.

12. What does Beatrice tell Harry about Celia?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is having an affair.
(c) She wants a divorce.
(d) She is barren.

13. What does John determine upon inspecting the baby?
(a) The baby cannot be his child.
(b) The name Richard suits him well.
(c) He looks just like his father.
(d) He looks just like Beatrice.

14. Where does John drive Beatrice one day?
(a) To the mountains.
(b) To town.
(c) To the sea.
(d) To church.

15. Why are the people of Wideacre suffering this winter?
(a) War has broken out.
(b) There are no winter jobs at Wideacre.
(c) Influenza is running rampant.
(d) The plague is killing many people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will inherit Wideacre unless Harry produces a male heir?

2. What do the people call the area of the cemetery where suicides are buried?

3. What do the pirates want with Beatrice?

4. Which of the following is NOT a tool Harry and Beatrice use to come up with the money to buy out the entail?

5. Which of the following does NOT happen when the physicians come to take John away for treatment?

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