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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Beatrice finally reveal to the family after they return from the feast?
(a) Wideacre is on the verge of ruin.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) The family is now debt free.
(d) She and John are divorcing.

3. 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.

4. What is Mama's condition?
(a) Shock.
(b) Heart failure.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Low blood pressure.

5. Why does John end up comforting Beatrice?
(a) She tells him about her father's murder.
(b) She regrets giving up her child.
(c) She regrets sleeping with Harry.
(d) She tells him she feels like just a visitor at Wideacre.

6. What causes Mama to pass out in the library?
(a) A statue falls on her head.
(b) She gets up from her chair too quickly.
(c) Seeing Beatrice and Harry making love.
(d) Paint fumes overwhelm her.

7. Where had John gone to visit his father?
(a) Wales.
(b) Scotland.
(c) England.
(d) Ireland.

8. In what town does Beatrice find workers to build the fencing?
(a) Glasgow.
(b) Bristol.
(c) Chichester.
(d) Colchester.

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

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

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

12. Which of the following is NOT a tool Harry and Beatrice use to come up with the money to buy out the entail?
(a) They borrow it from the bank.
(b) They use John's inheritance.
(c) They plant additional fields of wheat.
(d) They eliminate wages.

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

14. Which of the following does NOT happen when the physicians come to take John away for treatment?
(a) He tries to run away.
(b) He is put into a straight jacket.
(c) He gets into the carriage willingly.
(d) He is given a dose of laudanum.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Richard almost die when out with Beatrice one day?

2. Which of the following does Beatrice NOT think after she is left alone in the house?

3. What happens at the moment that Beatrice is killed?

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

5. What does Beatrice know that Ralph plans to do?

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