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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Tony hands the letter to his mother, what does Constance do?
(a) She faints.
(b) She says that she hears Mr. Hardcastle coming.
(c) She snatches the letter away and pretends to read.
(d) She calls Mrs. Hardcastle mother and says she should help her.

2. Why does Mr. Hardcastle not go back into the house?
(a) He is sure he heard two voices and wants to know who else is there.
(b) He thinks there is someone with a gun in the thicket.
(c) He hasn't finished his walk.
(d) He wants to find out how Tony got so muddy.

3. Where does Tony tell his mother that they are located?
(a) About forty miles from home in a dangerous place for robbers.
(b) Just on the outskirts of London but they need help.
(c) He tells her he has no idea where they are because things happened so fast.
(d) About twenty miles from their house where the road made a hard turn they had missed.

4. What does Marlow say that Kate overhears?
(a) That Miss Hardcastle hides her face under a bonnet.
(b) That Miss Hardcastle is too grave and sentimental for him.
(c) That Miss Hardcastle wears ridiculous clothes.
(d) That Miss Hardcastle talks too much.

5. How does Hardcastle give Marlow a hard time?
(a) Insisting that he knows what has passed between him and Kate.
(b) Suggesting he has been flirting with the barmaid.
(c) Insisting that he pay for the wine his servants drank.
(d) Saying that Sir Charles has already committed him to marry Kate.

6. What is Kate's plan for Marlow?
(a) She plans to pretend to be Kate's sister.
(b) She plans to make Marlow think she loves Hastings.
(c) She plans to trick Marlow into marrying her.
(d) She plans to keep up his delusion.

7. What does Hardcastle say that girls like?
(a) To be played with and rumpled a little, too.
(b) To think that they are tormenting a man.
(c) To be offered expensive jewels.
(d) To be put in their place.

8. When Kate arrives, how does her testimony conflict with young Marlow's?
(a) She says that they never met.
(b) She says that they have met many times.
(c) She says that he proposed marriage and she turned him down.
(d) She says that he insulted her.

9. What does Constance attempt to do?
(a) Pour water on the letter so that the ink runs.
(b) Knock the letter into the fireplace.
(c) Get Mrs. Hardcastle away by telling her a story about Tony.
(d) Get Tony to read the letter later.

10. Why is Marlow so sure that Kate will surrender herself to him?
(a) She sent him a note to meet her later.
(b) She is toying with him by not allowing him to kiss her.
(c) She invited him up to see her embroidery which he takes as a sexual meaning.
(d) Her eyes tell him that she is interested in him.

11. What is Marlow's complaint as he enters the room and finds Kate?
(a) He says the innkeeper is rude.
(b) He says the servants are impossible.
(c) He says he cannot find Hastings.
(d) He says he cannot get any repose in the house.

12. Tony thinks Constance has not read all of the letter, so what does he do?
(a) He has a temper tantrum.
(b) He gives it to his mother to finish reading.
(c) He puts the letter in his pocket to read later.
(d) He sits down and tries to read it himself.

13. What does Marlow tell Hardcastle about his servants.
(a) They are under his orders to drink as much as they can.
(b) They are his father's servants and he cannot control them.
(c) They are just playing drunk for some fun.
(d) He will discipline them harshly.

14. When Marlow enters, who gets the blame for all the trouble in the house?
(a) Tony.
(b) Diggory.
(c) Mr. Hardcastle.
(d) Mrs. Hardcastle.

15. What does the maid tell Kate that Marlow thinks.
(a) He thinks Miss Neville is Kate.
(b) He thinks it is all a joke.
(c) He thinks Kate is the barmaid.
(d) He thinks he is a fool for coming here.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hardcastle cannot stand any more, what does he do?

2. Why are Hardcastle and Sir Charles amazed at Marlow's quick departure?

3. What does Mrs. Hardcastle propose to do after she learns the truth about Constance and Hastings?

4. What is Tony's condition when he finally appears?

5. Where is Hastings waiting for Tony?

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