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

2. What/who does Beatrice see at the window when lightning lights up the sky?
(a) A ghost.
(b) Ira.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Two dogs.

3. 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 eliminate wages.
(c) They plant additional fields of wheat.
(d) They use John's inheritance.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Beatrice wants the best for Wideacre but is ultimately destroying it in her zeal. What is this literary technique called?

2. What is Beatrice's new baby named?

3. Why is Beatrice so conflicted about the changes that must occur at Wideacre?

4. Beatrice knows that the Culler is really ______________.

5. What had been a tradition for generations regarding the wheat harvest which Beatrice no longer honors?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Beatrice alter events so that John is blamed for Mama's death?

3. What is revealed about the characters in the Epilogue?

4. What instructions does John provide to care for Mama who has had a major shock?

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

6. What causes Mama to collapse in the library?

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

8. How does Beatrice react when she learns that John has asked Harry's permission to marry her?

9. How does Beatrice ultimately handle the pregnancy?

10. Explain how the impending storm is a metaphor for Beatrice's death?

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