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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beatrice know that Ralph plans to do?
(a) Burn her house.
(b) Come back for her.
(c) Kidnap her children.
(d) Hang himself.

2. How does Richard almost die when out with Beatrice one day?
(a) He swallows a bell from his rattle.
(b) His carriage is struck by lightning.
(c) He falls from his horse.
(d) He is stung by wasps.

3. What is Beatrice's new baby named?
(a) Robert.
(b) Richard.
(c) Rowan.
(d) Reginald.

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

5. Whose presence does Beatrice now feel near her?
(a) Her father's.
(b) Ralph's.
(c) John's.
(d) Her mother's.

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

7. What is the only thing that will rouse Beatrice from her bed during her depression?
(a) Inspecting the wheat harvest.
(b) A fire in the stables.
(c) Learning that Richard is sick.
(d) Christmas dinner.

8. In what city does Beatrice intend to sell Wideacre's wheat crop?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Bristol.
(d) London.

9. What is Mama's condition?
(a) Heart failure.
(b) Low blood pressure.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Shock.

10. How does Beatrice pay for the entail?
(a) John's inheritance.
(b) Antiques sale.
(c) Land sale.
(d) Taxes.

11. Which of the following activities do the people of Wideacre NOT use the common grounds?
(a) Grazing horses.
(b) Gathering firewood.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Gardening.

12. What does John remind Beatrice is coming?
(a) Better days.
(b) Retribution.
(c) Death.
(d) Christmas.

13. Who tells Beatrice that Mama has died?
(a) Ralph.
(b) John.
(c) Celia.
(d) Harry.

14. Who is the doctor who helps people recover from alcohol addiction?
(a) Dr. Groves.
(b) Dr. Rosen.
(c) Dr. Whittaker.
(d) Dr. Rose.

15. What had been a tradition for generations regarding the wheat harvest which Beatrice no longer honors?
(a) The oldest boys may drive the horses.
(b) A harvest ball is held on the last night of the reaping.
(c) The young children earn prizes during harvest games.
(d) The reapers may take what is left over from the harvest.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does John admit he was nearly addicted?

2. What causes Mama to pass out in the library?

3. Who do John and Beatrice encounter while at the shore?

4. Which of the following does NOT happen after Beatrice tells John her distress at being merely a visitor at Wideacre?

5. Why did Giles kill himself?

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