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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jordan believe about Verringer’s relationship with Grace?
(a) He does not think anything about Verringer and Grace.
(b) He believes that Verringer has had an affair with Grace.
(c) He thinks Verringer is in love with Grace.
(d) He believes that Verringer has never met Grace.

2. What was Grace’s father’s trade?
(a) Horse trainer.
(b) Soldier
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Stonemason.

3. How does Mary die?
(a) She drowns in the river.
(b) She falls down the stairs.
(c) From a botched abortion.
(d) She dies in childbirth.

4. How many siblings does Grace say she has?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

5. How old is Grace at the beginning of Alias Grace?
(a) 24.
(b) 23.
(c) 21.
(d) 20.

6. What year is it at the beginning of Alias Grace?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1849.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1851.

7. What does Grace’s mother say when she sees three crows on the ship they are taking to Canada?
(a) They will leave when the albatross comes.
(b) Someone must be feeding them.
(c) It is bad luck and means death.
(d) It is good luck.

8. What did they do with McDermott’s head after he was hanged?
(a) Made a plaster cast of it.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Stuck it on a pike outside the jail.
(d) Buried it with the body.

9. What does Grace tell Jordan about her parents?
(a) She would not have chosen them.
(b) She loved them very much but did not understand them.
(c) She hated them.
(d) She did not really know them.

10. What does Mary Whitney say about her grandmother?
(a) Her grandmother was an Indian.
(b) Her grandmother was very wealthy.
(c) Her grandmother could ride any horse.
(d) Her grandmother died the night Mary was born.

11. What is in the scrapbook the governor’s wife keeps?
(a) Recipes.
(b) Pictures of her children.
(c) Stories of criminals.
(d) Samples of material for sewing.

12. Why does a doctor want to measure the heads of criminals?
(a) There is no doctor who measures heads.
(b) To see if he can tell what kind of crime they have committed.
(c) To see if their skulls are deformed.
(d) To see if they are less intelligent than law abiding citizens.

13. Who is Mrs. Parkinson’s housekeeper to whom Grace is introduced?
(a) Mrs. Alderman.
(b) Mrs. Riddle.
(c) Mrs. Honey.
(d) Mrs. Traker.

14. What does Dr. Jordan bring Grace?
(a) An orange from India.
(b) An apple.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A new shawl.

15. What do the two guards who escort Grace to the governor’s house say is the best alcoholic drink to make a woman want sex?
(a) Gin.
(b) Tequila.
(c) Bourbon.
(d) Whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the peddler give Grace one button more than she buys?

2. How does McDermott kill Kinnear?

3. What does Lydia do when Jordan comes to the governor’s home?

4. What happens to Mrs. Humphreys in Dr. Jordan’s room at the beginning of Chapter 6?

5. What does Jordan place in front of Grace at the beginning of Chapter 5?

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