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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Beatrice hoped would happen for her child?
(a) The child would be gifted.
(b) The child would look like Ralph.
(c) The child would look like her father.
(d) The child would inherit Wideacre.

2. Who walks in on Beatrice and Ralph as they make love in the abandoned mill?
(a) Mrs. Lacy.
(b) Harry.
(c) Morgan.
(d) Squire Lacy.

3. What has Harry learned from a problem boy at school?
(a) Sexually deviant behavior.
(b) French.
(c) How to cheat on tests.
(d) How to cut class.

4. What does Beatrice realize once they land in Cherbourg?
(a) She hates to travel.
(b) She loves to travel.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is homesick.

5. Who does Beatrice spend time with when Henry is sick?
(a) Reggie.
(b) Ryan.
(c) Roland.
(d) Ralph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT mentioned in Squire Lacy's will?

2. What would be included as part of Celia's dowry?

3. What does Beatrice know that Ralph really wants?

4. What does Harry do when Ralph beats him with a riding crop?

5. Beatrice hears about ______________ leading bread riots.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship that is developing between Beatrice and Dr. McAndrew?

2. What impediment stands in the way of Beatrice and Ralph's taking over Wideacre and what is the plan to remove it?

3. How does the author use foreshadowing when mentioning the one-legged man?

4. When does Beatrice realize the gap that exists between her world and Ralph's world?

5. Describe the tryst in which Beatrice learns about Harry's sexual proclivities.

6. What is the tipping point where Beatrice realizes she no longer has the upper hand over Harry?

7. Describe the metaphor Beatrice uses to compare her life with the land of Wideacre in the spring.

8. How does the spark of attraction begin with Harry and Beatrice?

9. Explain Beatrice's concept of the importance of her home, Wideacre, in the universe.

10. Why does Mama think it important to introduce Celia into the household?

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