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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Grace given to do in her cell the night before Grace is hypnotized?
(a) Shining boots.
(b) Mending uniforms.
(c) Knitting socks.
(d) Polishing brass.

3. Why does one of Grace’s jailers say he hopes the hanging scaffold is high?
(a) No jailer says that to Grace.
(b) Because she’s going to hell and will have farther to fall.
(c) So he can get a good look at her ankles.
(d) So she is sure to die when she drops.

4. What does Dr. Jordan ask Grace after Dupont hypnotizes her that makes Grace lash out at him?
(a) If she had sex with McDermott.
(b) If she helped kill Nancy.
(c) If she asked McDermott to kill Nancy.
(d) If she wanted to sleep with her lawyer.

5. Why is Dr. Jordan going to Toronto?
(a) To check on the family business.
(b) To bring back a hypnotist.
(c) To meet with Grace’s lawyer and visit the Kinnear house.
(d) To post a letter to his mother.

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

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

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

9. What does Dr. Jordan think the reason is that prisons are so dreary?
(a) The type of people who work in prisons like dreary places.
(b) It is part of the punishment.
(c) The criminals are considered evil and should be kept in the dark.
(d) To save money on lighting.

10. What does Sally tell Grace when Grace asks her about going to work at the Kinnears?
(a) It is very far from town.
(b) It sounds like a great idea.
(c) Mr. Kinnear is not a gentleman.
(d) It is probably not a good position for a young girl.

11. At what location is Grace hypnotized?
(a) At Mrs. Quennell’s house.
(b) At the prison, in the governor’s office.
(c) At the governor’s house.
(d) In the hospital.

12. Why does Grace think Nancy is afraid Thomas will begin to like Grace?
(a) Nancy is pregnant.
(b) Grace is younger.
(c) Grace is smarter than Nancy.
(d) Nancy does not think that.

13. What does Nancy call McDermott when she tells him to go take care of Kinnear’s horse?
(a) His Royal Highness.
(b) A lazy pig.
(c) A stupid monkey.
(d) Prince of Thieves.

14. What does Grace do in the morning at the governor’s house at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Repair lace on Lydia’s dress.
(b) Talk to Dr. Jordan.
(c) Clean the kitchen.
(d) Dust the downstairs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Lydia tell Grace about Jerome DuPont?

2. Why is Dr. Jordan uncertain about interviewing Mrs. Moodie?

3. How does Dupont demonstrate the fact that Grace is in a trance?

4. What book mentioned has a pair of eyes in it from a woman named Nancy?

5. What interrupts the hypnosis session with Grace?

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