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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. Who is Rex?
(a) One of Anna's brothers.
(b) One of Gwendolyn's brothers.
(c) Gwendolyn's new music teacher.
(d) The town mayor.

2. What does Gwendolyn request after speaking to Lydia Glasher for the first time?
(a) To have a private investigator follow Glasher to see what she is really doing.
(b) To be taken to a doctor.
(c) To have the woman arrested.
(d) To leave the archery event early.

3. What worry does Mrs. Gascoigne have about Gwendolyn when she first comes to town?
(a) That she will not be able to marry well.
(b) That one of her sons will fall in love with her.
(c) That she will steal from them.
(d) That she is not who she says she is.

4. How does Anna appear - at least on the outside - when she sees Gwendolyn and learns of her engagement?
(a) Her eyes well up with tears, but she does not say anything.
(b) She is standoffish.
(c) She is polite and congratulatory.
(d) She is angry, even though she is secretly excited.

5. According to Mrs. Davilow, what two options are available as a profession for Gwendolyn?
(a) Being a nurse in a hosptial or a nun in a church.
(b) Being a teacher in a university or a professor at an all-girls school.
(c) Being a teacher in a school or a governess to a family.
(d) Being a painter in a museum or a singer in a choir.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom does Grandcourt learn where Gwendolyn has actually traveled?

2. What will Mrs. Davilow's younger girls be doing to earn money for the family?

3. What does Herr Klesmer do for a living?

4. Who is Anna?

5. Who is Mr. Lush?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Rex tries to go hunting with Gwendolyn?

2. Why does Gwendolyn think that her family will travel abroad after she leaves Grandcourt before he can propose?

3. What does Daniel tell Sir Hugo about Grandcourt's reaction to the proposed settlement?

4. What does Gwendolyn request of Grandcourt during their conversation about getting married?

5. What is the main reason behind Lydia's desire to marry Grandcourt?

6. How does Gwendolyn react when she receives her pawned necklace supposedly from Daniel?

7. What does Grandcourt think that he needs to do in order to gain Gwendolyn's forgiveness as he learns that Gwendolyn has left town before he has had the opportunity to propose?

8. How does Hans Meyrick's family feel about Daniel?

9. What does Mrs. Meyrick believe about Mirah when she takes her in?

10. What does Mirah believe about her brother and sister when she runs away from her father?

(see the answer keys)

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