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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. How does Cathy dress before meeting with her new boss?
(a) Like a little girl.
(b) Like a whore.
(c) As a businesswoman.
(d) As a young maiden.

2. How does Cathy get what she wants from people?
(a) She asks nicely.
(b) She makes threats.
(c) She pays.
(d) She lies.

3. Where is Lee from?
(a) Japan.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Korea.
(d) China.

4. What disease does Cyrus' second wife have?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Sciatica.
(d) Typhoid.

5. How does Cathy injure Adam?
(a) She punches him.
(b) She hits him with a fire poker.
(c) She shoots him.
(d) She stabs him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Cathy take on after her parents die?

2. What does Cathy tell the other girls that work with her about their boss?

3. What two things is Samuel well-known for?

4. How does Cyrus lose his leg?

5. Why does Adam tell Horace that Cathy is not at the house when he comes to see Adam's wound?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Adam blame for the sad state of his boys?

2. What does Adam name his boys, and why?

3. How are the Hamilton daughters described by the narrator?

4. What does Adam use to repair his new home in California?

5. What does Lee ask Samuel for help with when the well is being dug?

6. What gift does Faye give to Kate after she had been working for a little while?

7. How does Adam feel about Cathy shortly after they are married?

8. What causes Charles to distrust Cathy when he first meets her?

9. Why does Cyrus not encourage Charles to join the Army like Adam?

10. How does Cathy get what she wants from her classmates, and how do they feel about this?

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