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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Jordan thank his mother for when he attempts to write her?
(a) An embroidered watch-case.
(b) For worrying about his health.
(c) Letting him know about the new inventions in America.
(d) Being patient about Dr. Jordan not writing.

2. When does Nancy tell McDermott he has to leave?
(a) At the end of the week.
(b) In five days, at the end of his pay period.
(c) At the end of the month.
(d) Tomorrow.

3. Why does Nancy lend Grace a dress in Chapter 8?
(a) Mr. Kinnear wanted Grace to look good for company.
(b) Nancy does not lend Grace a dress.
(c) Grace’s dress got wet in the river.
(d) Nancy wants Grace to go to church with her.

4. What does Jeremiah say to Grace a few days after her birthday?
(a) She looks younger than she is.
(b) She needs to find a different job.
(c) She should leave with him.
(d) He has a special pair of stockings for her.

5. What does Grace say to McDermott when he tells her they will soon be married?
(a) That he will not sleep with her until then.
(b) That she’d rather marry the devil himself.
(c) That they do not have a way to get married in America.
(d) That she has to married by a minister.

6. What does Nancy tell Grace to do for dinner that Grace does not want to do?
(a) Clean some fish.
(b) Kill a chicken.
(c) Cook collard greens.
(d) Pluck the feathers from a pheasant.

7. What happens when McDermott shoots the gun at Grace?
(a) She faints.
(b) She gets hit by a piece of wood off the tree where she is standing.
(c) Nothing, he does not do that.
(d) She throws dirt in his eyes.

8. What does Grace tell Dr. Jordan about her dream in the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) She saw red flowers.
(b) She says she does not remember her dream.
(c) She saw Mary Whitney.
(d) She heard McDermott crying.

9. What kind of musical instrument does Jamie Walsh play?
(a) Drums.
(b) Flute.
(c) Harmonica.
(d) Trumpet.

10. What does the prison do to a woman if there are too many marks against her?
(a) Assign her to chamber pots.
(b) Cut off her hair.
(c) Lash her.
(d) Feed her only bread and water.

11. What poem does Grace talk about while men are pointing out steamers to her and telling her the boats’ names?
(a) The Odyssey.
(b) Lady of the Lake.
(c) Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner.
(d) Wreck of the Hesperus.

12. What does Mary Whitney say as to the murders?
(a) Grace did them.
(b) James made Grace do them.
(c) Mary did the murders.
(d) Grace was not there for the murders.

13. What is Jeremiah/Dr. Dupont doing at the end of the book?
(a) He is teaching at a university in America.
(b) He is back to being a peddler.
(c) Working in a hospital, hypnotizing people to help with pain control.
(d) He is a showman in a circus.

14. What song is Grace singing the first time Dr. Jordan hears her sing?
(a) Danny Boy.
(b) Rock of Ages.
(c) The Boys in the Tavern.
(d) Amazing Grace.

15. Of what does Grace say Mrs. Moodie reminds her?
(a) a rabbit.
(b) A cat.
(c) A beetle.
(d) A snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a stock investment does Dr. Jordan’s mother talk about in her letter?

2. What kind of work does Mr. Watson, one of Grace’s employers, do?

3. From what does Grace have a scar on her breast?

4. What does Dr. Jordan think the reason is that prisons are so dreary?

5. On what does Grace sleep in the prison?

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