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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ralph send Beatrice for her birthday?
(a) Perfume.
(b) Flowers.
(c) A basket with a tinderbox inside.
(d) Antique books.

2. Why does Beatrice tell Harry he will never be without her?
(a) They are so much alike.
(b) He would die without her giving him pleasure.
(c) She makes him laugh.
(d) They share the same business ambitions.

3. How did Giles kill himself?
(a) He took an overdose of laudanum.
(b) He shot himself.
(c) He drank rat poison.
(d) He hanged himself.

4. Which of the following is NOT true regarding the men tearing down the fencing?
(a) The Culler is shot.
(b) John Tyacke is hanged.
(c) Ned Hunter dies in a convict camp.
(d) Sam Fosterly dies of fever.

5. What do the people call the area of the cemetery where suicides are buried?
(a) Miss Beatrice's corner.
(b) Miss Beatrice's plots.
(c) Poor Souls corner.
(d) Potter's Field.

6. Where does John drive Beatrice one day?
(a) To church.
(b) To the mountains.
(c) To the sea.
(d) To town.

7. What job does Beatrice offer the town's workers who refuse to do it?
(a) Fencing in the Common.
(b) Shoeing horses.
(c) Planting wheat.
(d) Making wine.

8. Who is the London wheat buyer who buys Wideacre's wheat harvest?
(a) Mr. Gilbertson.
(b) Mr. Gilbey.
(c) Mr. Gulliver.
(d) Mr. Gilbert.

9. What does Beatrice think needs to happen so that things can return to normal at Wideacre?
(a) Julia must be acknowledged as Harry's child.
(b) John must go away.
(c) Celia must have a child.
(d) Harry must sign Wideacre over to Beatrice.

10. What does Beatrice tell Harry about Celia?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is barren.
(c) She wants a divorce.
(d) She is having an affair.

11. What does Beatrice finally reveal to the family after they return from the feast?
(a) She and John are divorcing.
(b) The family is now debt free.
(c) Wideacre is on the verge of ruin.
(d) She is pregnant.

12. Why are the people of Wideacre suffering this winter?
(a) There are no winter jobs at Wideacre.
(b) The plague is killing many people.
(c) Influenza is running rampant.
(d) War has broken out.

13. What makes it easy for Beatrice and Harry to continue their midnight trysts?
(a) John has moved back to town.
(b) John gets drunk at night.
(c) Celia has moved out.
(d) They are both divorced now.

14. Who is able to inherit Wideacre now that the entail is complete?
(a) The firstborn son of either Julia or Richard.
(b) Richard's firstborn son.
(c) Julia's firstborn son.
(d) The firstborn child of either Julia or Richard.

15. Why does John end up comforting Beatrice?
(a) She regrets giving up her child.
(b) She tells him about her father's murder.
(c) She tells him she feels like just a visitor at Wideacre.
(d) She regrets sleeping with Harry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is there no major Christmas party at the hall at Wideacre this year?

2. What tragedy does Beatrice have to face at home?

3. Which of the following activities do the people of Wideacre NOT use the common grounds?

4. Why do the people at the feast eat so little food?

5. Beatrice wants the best for Wideacre but is ultimately destroying it in her zeal. What is this literary technique called?

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