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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. In Part 2, Chapter 3, why does Sidney Madler come to London to see Joseph?
(a) He is happy about the business.
(b) He is angry that Hugh is not a partner.
(c) He wants to make another deal.
(d) He is angry that business is not going well.

2. What is happening at Nellie's that is a gimmick that April put into practice?
(a) Blind Man's Buff.
(b) Women's choice.
(c) A masquerade.
(d) Gambling and girls.

3. What were the Mirandas planning on doing with the money they wanted to obtain from Pilaster's Bank?
(a) Build another railroad.
(b) Open more mines.
(c) Lay seige to the capital of Cordova.
(d) Build a harbor.

4. What do the partners want from Edward after the money crisis is discovered?
(a) His resignation.
(b) A written apology.
(c) His dignity.
(d) Money.

5. Where is Maisie working in Part 3, Chapter 1?
(a) At Nellie's, with April.
(b) At the Pilaster Bank.
(c) At Windfield school.
(d) At Rachel's hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does Dorothy marry and the bank collapses?

2. Why do the partners back Augusta's desire to have Edward as Senior Partner in Part 3?

3. How does Micky persuade Edward to secretly give him the loan in Part 3?

4. Who is the unhappy guest at the wedding in Part 3, Chapter 3?

5. What does the Prince of Wales tell Maisie that he will do for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the concern over the Cordovan loans and the revolution?

2. How does Micky finally get Edward to talk to him in Part 3, Chapter 2, after Edward discovers the truth about the drowning?

3. Hugh makes a major decision about his future after he speaks to Ben in Part 2, Chapter 5. What is the decision? Why does he make it? What is the outcome?

4. How much time has passed between the end of Part 2, and the beginning of Part 3? What major changes have occurred?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 4, what does Maisie do with Nora that is risky but very satisfying in its result?

6. With what question does Emily go to Maisie for help in Part 2, Chapter 3? Why Maisie? What does Maisie do to help her?

7. What becomes of Edward, Augusta, Hugh, Maisie, Dan and Rachel?

8. What occurs between Maisie and Ben Greenbourne after Solly's death?

9. Why are Hugh's children home alone when Maisie arrives in Part 3, Chapter 4?

10. What does Maisie discover about the incident at the ball, and how does she make the discovery?

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