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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. Who does Anticant condemn harshly?

2. Grantly plans to give Harding's job at the old men's home to a man with how many children?

3. How much money does Grantly tell Harding he will have when he resigns?

4. What does Harding say is nice about his little cottage?

5. How does the narrator describe Harding's usual mood?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Harding's resignation received, over all?

2. What is Grantly's idea for how Harding can remain employed?

3. How does Bold react when he comes home and finds Eleanor there crying?

4. What happens to the beadsmen when their warden resigns?

5. How does Grantly react when Harding tells him he will resign?

6. How does a magazine called "The Almshouse" portray Harding?

7. Why does Harding say he is going to London?

8. How does Tom seem to feel about his position at the newspaper?

9. How does Bold respond when Eleanor begs him to promise that he will stop the legal proceedings against her father?

10. What does a second newspaper article say about Harding and the lawsuit against him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the perspective used by the author for this novel. What kind of narrator does the reader get? Why do you think the author felt third-person was the best perspective for this novel? What is gained from this perspective? Do you feel like you missed out on anything by having a third-person narrator telling the story? How would the novel be different if it was written in first-person?

Essay Topic 2

Explore the character of Tom Towers. How is he portrayed? Why is the description of his office important? What does it say about him? Why is it important that his articles are written anonymously? What point is the author trying to make through the character traits and personality of Tom?

Essay Topic 3

Explore the character of Anticant. Why is it important that Anticant cannot see anything other than "good" and "evil" within a person's motives? How does this relate to the novel as a whole? Who else in the novel seems to have trouble seeing any gray area when it comes to good and evil?

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