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

2. What seems to be the only solution for Constance and Hastings?
(a) He will have to steal the jewels and kidnap Constance.
(b) He will have to wait for her for three years.
(c) They will have to forget about each other.
(d) He will have to kill Mrs. Hardcastle.

3. Why are Hardcastle and Sir Charles amazed at Marlow's quick departure?
(a) They think he is too sensitive to the joke that was played on him.
(b) They cannot believe young Marlow actually saw Kate.
(c) What he says does not match up with what Kate told her father.
(d) They do not understand what he says about Kate.

4. What does Kate say to herself about Marlow.
(a) That he was the one she had stooped to conquer.
(b) That he must leave at once.
(c) That he is worse than she thought.
(d) That her father will not believe his story.

5. Why can't Hastings explain the problem of giving the jewels to Mrs. Hardcastle?
(a) Marlow still doesn't know they are in Hardcastle's house.
(b) Marlow will do something violent if he finds out what he did.
(c) He has to tell Constance first.
(d) Marlow will be angry that Hastings did not tell him what was in the casket.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hardcastle give Marlow a hard time?

2. What does Marlow tell Hardcastle about his servants.

3. How many times does Marlow insist he had an interview with Kate?

4. What is Kate's response as Marlow moves closer to her?

5. What does Jeremy, Marlow's servant, verify?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Hardcastle react when she reads the real note?

2. What argument does Kate use to calm her father down.

3. When Constance cannot think of any more to read from the note, she crumples it up and hands it back to Tony. Why does he hand it back to his mother?

4. There is a great deal of shouting at one another about Tony's latest deception. What does Tony say that Mr. Hardcastle has to agree with?

5. Does Mr. Hardcastle think Kate is right about young Marlow? How does he respond to Kate's request for more time to prove to him that Marlow is a proper gentleman.

6. How does Hardcastle respond to Kate's hope that he will forgive Marlow?

7. What is young Marlow's purpose in seeking out Mr. Hardcastle before he leaves the house?

8. Describe Hastings' mood after Constance has left with Mrs. Hardcastle.

9. What is the act Tony and Constance put on for Mrs. Hardcastle's benefit?

10. Outside in the back of the garden, what surprise does Hasting get when he meets Tony there?

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