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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 do the people call the area of the cemetery where suicides are buried?
(a) Miss Beatrice's corner.
(b) Miss Beatrice's plots.
(c) Poor Souls corner.
(d) Potter's Field.

2. Which of the family members earns love and respect from kindnesses shown to the starving people?
(a) Celia.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) John.
(d) Harry.

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

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

5. Who does John accuse of betraying him as he is taken away?
(a) Ira.
(b) Harry.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Celia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Celia refuse to take Beatrice's next child as her own?

2. What does Beatrice finally reveal to the family after they return from the feast?

3. Who tells Beatrice that Mama has died?

4. Who indicates interest in buying Wideacre?

5. Who does Celia think is Julia's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Beatrice know that Ralph is getting closer to returning to Wideacre?

2. How does Beatrice deceive Celia into thinking that Wideacre has fallen on hard times?

3. Describe the scene of desperation that Harry and Beatrice witness at the Christmas party.

4. How does Beatrice manage to keep John away from home until she completes the purchase of the entail?

5. How does Beatrice react to Richard's brush with death and how is she perceived to be shallow in her concerns?

6. How does John respond when he sees the newborn child?

7. How does Beatrice justify the radical changes that are occurring at Wideacre?

8. How does Beatrice reinforce her ploy to have John sent away by planting a bottle of liquor in his room?

9. How has the wheat harvest changed now that Beatrice is in control?

10. Why does Celia reject Beatrice's plan for Julia's inheritance of Wideacre?

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