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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. Why is Augusta having a tea party in Part I, Chapter 1?
(a) To get Joseph voted Senior Partner.
(b) To show off her new house.
(c) To get a loan for Micky's father.
(d) To keep Hugh from bettering himself.

2. What does Papa tell Micky that he has planned for Micky's future?
(a) That Micky will become a soldier.
(b) That Micky will run the ranch in Cordova.
(c) That Micky will become a general in Cordova.
(d) That Micky will become President of Cordova.

3. What does Joseph Pilaster collect?
(a) Jeweled snuff boxes.
(b) Jeweled rings.
(c) Peacock feathers.
(d) Ivory pipes.

4. Why is Micky afraid of his father?
(a) He can force Micky to go back to Mexico.
(b) He is ignorant and angry.
(c) He has beaten Micky many times.
(d) He has done heinous things to those who have gone against him.

5. What does Maisie learn of Hugh at the lawyer's office in Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) He has left the country.
(b) He has married someone else.
(c) He has lost his job.
(d) He has died.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Micky kill Seth?

2. What news of Seth does Augusta give Micky when he comes to tea in Part 1, Chapter 5?

3. How does Hugh feel about the ratting?

4. Why are the boys in detention in the Prologue of the book?

5. How does Micky get Tonio to stay at the baccarat game longer than he wants to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the ratting and explain its significance to the story.

2. What kind of a character is Hugh?

3. What information does Tonio bring to Hugh in Part 2, Chapter 2, and what does he tell him of Tonio's plans?

4. How does Micky take control and keep control over the baccarat game?

5. What does Nora do wrong at the costume ball, and how does she get into the predicament in the first place?

6. What do the letters to Florence and the feelings of Hugh's that follow tell you about their relationship?

7. In Part 1, Chapter 5, what has happened with Maisie since she last saw Hugh?

8. What does the night in the brothel reveal about Edward and Micky?

9. In Part 1, Chapter 2, how does Augusta continue to manipulate what happens at the bank concerning the naming of the Senior Partner?

10. What happens to Hugh in Part 1, Chapter 5?

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