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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the London wheat buyer who buys Wideacre's wheat harvest?
(a) Mr. Gilbert.
(b) Mr. Gulliver.
(c) Mr. Gilbertson.
(d) Mr. Gilbey.

3. Why does Celia refuse to take Beatrice's next child as her own?
(a) She doesn't want another lie between herself and Harry.
(b) She wants to bear her own child.
(c) She is having trouble raising one.
(d) She doesn't think Harry is the child's father.

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

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

6. John tells Beatrice that __________ is coming.
(a) Good fortune.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Death.
(d) Tragedy.

7. 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) Celia has moved out.
(d) John gets drunk at night.

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

9. Why does Beatrice tell Dr. Rose to keep John a little bit longer even though he is well enough to come home?
(a) Celia is ill.
(b) She is planning a surprise party for him.
(c) She is renovating his room.
(d) There is influenza at home.

10. Why do the people at the feast eat so little food?
(a) They don't like the food selections.
(b) They would rather drink.
(c) Their bellies are shrunken from starvation.
(d) Hardly anyone shows up.

11. What does John remind Beatrice is coming?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Retribution.
(c) Death.
(d) Better days.

12. Who is blamed for Mama's death?
(a) Ms. Merry.
(b) Celia.
(c) John.
(d) Ralph.

13. Which of the following does NOT happen after Beatrice tells John her distress at being merely a visitor at Wideacre?
(a) They make love.
(b) He tells her to get her own place.
(c) He comforts her.
(d) He proposes to her.

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

15. In addition to Beatrice, who else dies in the mob attack?
(a) John.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Harry.
(d) Celia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John tell Beatrice when he returns home?

2. In what city does Beatrice intend to sell Wideacre's wheat crop?

3. To what does John admit he was nearly addicted?

4. What is the name of the man for whom the pirate works?

5. What have the people of Wideacre called upon Beatrice to do again?

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