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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ralph send Beatrice for her birthday?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Antique books.
(c) A basket with a tinderbox inside.
(d) Perfume.

3. 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.

4. What does John prescribe for Mama's condition?
(a) Laudanum.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Methadone.
(d) Opium.

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

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

7. Which of the following does John NOT do when he returns home?
(a) Declare the baby was not born early as claimed.
(b) Inspect the baby.
(c) Unwrap the baby.
(d) Hand out cigars.

8. How does Celia infuriate Beatrice before storming out of the house?
(a) She threatens to tell John the truth about Julia.
(b) She wants Beatrice to sign over rights to Julia.
(c) She contends that there is something wrong with the relationship between Beatrice and Harry.
(d) She wants to be mistress of Wideacre.

9. Which of the following does Beatrice NOT think after she is left alone in the house?
(a) There is nothing more for her to do.
(b) She'll be OK if she makes it to morning.
(c) The future is in Ralph's hands.
(d) She can finally rest.

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

11. Who will inherit Wideacre unless Harry produces a male heir?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Julia.
(c) Celia.
(d) A distant cousin.

12. Which of the following does Beatrice NOT receive on her birthday?
(a) Silk.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Laudanum.
(d) Brooch.

13. 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.

14. What had been a tradition for generations regarding the wheat harvest which Beatrice no longer honors?
(a) A harvest ball is held on the last night of the reaping.
(b) The reapers may take what is left over from the harvest.
(c) The young children earn prizes during harvest games.
(d) The oldest boys may drive the horses.

15. 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 proposes to her.
(c) He comforts her.
(d) He tells her to get her own place.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who indicates interest in buying Wideacre?

2. What is John's only purpose in life now?

3. What causes Mama to pass out in the library?

4. Who is able to inherit Wideacre now that the entail is complete?

5. Whose presence does Beatrice now feel near her?

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