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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does John take a trip before the baby is born?
(a) To buy medical supplies.
(b) To visit his father.
(c) To check on patients.
(d) To buy horses.

2. Why did Giles kill himself?
(a) His wife died and he was depressed.
(b) He could not support himself through the winter.
(c) He was guilty about killing a man.
(d) He found out that he had cancer.

3. How does Beatrice stage a premature birth?
(a) Collapsing in the garden.
(b) An accident in the library.
(c) A riding accident.
(d) Falling down stairs.

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

5. Why does Beatrice tell Harry he will never be without her?
(a) She makes him laugh.
(b) They share the same business ambitions.
(c) He would die without her giving him pleasure.
(d) They are so much alike.

6. What is Ralph doing when Beatrice walks out of the house?
(a) Sitting in a wagon.
(b) Sitting on the ground.
(c) Sitting on a horse.
(d) Sitting in a carriage.

7. Who is able to inherit Wideacre now that the entail is complete?
(a) Richard's firstborn son.
(b) The firstborn son of either Julia or Richard.
(c) Julia's firstborn son.
(d) The firstborn child of either Julia or Richard.

8. What does Beatrice know that Ralph plans to do?
(a) Come back for her.
(b) Burn her house.
(c) Hang himself.
(d) Kidnap her children.

9. What is the name of the man for whom the pirate works?
(a) Culler.
(b) Clary.
(c) Cutler.
(d) Curry.

10. What eventually kills Mama?
(a) A stab wound.
(b) A stroke.
(c) An overdose of laudanum.
(d) An aneurysm.

11. What have the people of Wideacre called upon Beatrice to do again?
(a) Be godmother to the new babies.
(b) Walk among the crops to ensure good yields.
(c) Attend their harvest party.
(d) Lower their rents.

12. What do the pirates want with Beatrice?
(a) Jobs.
(b) Food.
(c) Guns.
(d) Hide goods on Wideacre land.

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

14. Who do John and Beatrice encounter while at the shore?
(a) A priest.
(b) A young couple.
(c) A pirate.
(d) A mother and child.

15. What has the family eliminated from its meals lately?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Pork.
(d) Liquor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beatrice tell Harry about Celia?

2. Where had John gone to visit his father?

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

4. What does Celia ultimately want for Julia?

5. What is held on the last day of the wheat harvest?

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