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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gwendolyn confess to Daniel while they are at the Abbey?

2. What is the name of Mordecai's sister who is taken?

3. Where are Rex and Anne when they learn that Grandcourt has drowned?

4. How many of Mordecai's siblings died when they were younger?

5. Who does Gwendolyn request be sent to her after she and Sir Hugo discuss what Grandcourt has left her in the will?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Grandcourt tell Gwendolyn about finances?

2. What does Daniel tell his mother when he first sees her?

3. Why did Mordecai's mother share a special bonded with his younger sister?

4. What does Daniel's mother tell him about her heritage?

5. What does Mordecai predict will happen after Mirah first gives her father money?

6. Before she confides in him, what does Daniel surmise about Gwendolyn's knowledge of Lydia?

7. Why had Daniel's mother marry so quickly?

8. What important financial news does Grandcourt make Lush tell Gwendolyn?

9. What does Mordecai say about the Mrs. Cohen's older daughter when Daniel first asks about her?

10. How do the Cohens react when Daniel and Mordecai tell them that Mordecai will be leaving them to go live with his long-lost sister?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss at least three reasons why a female author would write under a male pen name and what influence if any, the reasons would have on the reader.

Essay Topic 2

The character of Rex is quite complicated. In fact, one could make an argument that he is either a man of action or a man of inaction. Using three specific examples in support from the text, write an essay stating either that Rex is a man of action; or that Rex is a man of inaction.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the play, some characters are (1) admired but not respected, (2) respected but not admired, and (3) admired and respected. Select one character who in your opinion fits each description, and using supporting text from the book, write an essay stating who admires and/or respects them and why.

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