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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. Who does Celia think is Julia's father?
(a) Ira.
(b) Harry.
(c) Robert.
(d) The Culler.

2. Who does Beatrice tell John is the father of the child?
(a) The smuggler.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Harry.
(d) Ian.

3. Why do the people at the feast eat so little food?
(a) They don't like the food selections.
(b) Hardly anyone shows up.
(c) Their bellies are shrunken from starvation.
(d) They would rather drink.

4. 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) Celia must have a child.
(c) John must go away.
(d) Harry must sign Wideacre over to Beatrice.

5. Who do John and Beatrice encounter while at the shore?
(a) A priest.
(b) A pirate.
(c) A mother and child.
(d) A young couple.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Harry break to Beatrice in Chapter 11?

2. Why does Beatrice tell Harry he will never be without her?

3. What do the people call the area of the cemetery where suicides are buried?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Beatrice alter events so that John is blamed for Mama's death?

2. Explain how the impending storm is a metaphor for Beatrice's death?

3. What does Beatrice tell Celia to coerce her to support John's being sent away for alcohol abuse treatment?

4. How does Beatrice react when she learns that John has asked Harry's permission to marry her?

5. How does John respond when he sees the newborn child?

6. How does Beatrice ultimately handle the pregnancy?

7. Why does Celia reject Beatrice's plan for Julia's inheritance of Wideacre?

8. How does Beatrice manage to keep John away from home until she completes the purchase of the entail?

9. How does Beatrice try to abort another child?

10. What is the tradition of the wheat doll on the last day of the harvest?

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