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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. How does Celia infuriate Beatrice before storming out of the house?
(a) She contends that there is something wrong with the relationship between Beatrice and Harry.
(b) She wants Beatrice to sign over rights to Julia.
(c) She wants to be mistress of Wideacre.
(d) She threatens to tell John the truth about Julia.

2. Why did Giles kill himself?
(a) He was guilty about killing a man.
(b) He could not support himself through the winter.
(c) His wife died and he was depressed.
(d) He found out that he had cancer.

3. Which of the following does Beatrice NOT receive on her birthday?
(a) Laudanum.
(b) Silk.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Brooch.

4. What is thrown at the carriage taking Beatrice, Harry, John and Celia home from the feast?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Rotten eggs.
(c) Rock.
(d) Pitch forks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Beatrice offer the town's workers who refuse to do it?

2. What is the name of the man for whom the pirate works?

3. John tells Beatrice that __________ is coming.

4. Where do John and Beatrice live after their wedding?

5. Which of the family members earns love and respect from kindnesses shown to the starving people?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What inadvertently happens to restore John's reputation as a doctor?

3. How does the story end?

4. How does Beatrice justify the radical changes that are occurring at Wideacre?

5. How does Beatrice reinforce her ploy to have John sent away by planting a bottle of liquor in his room?

6. How has the wheat harvest changed now that Beatrice is in control?

7. What instructions does John provide to care for Mama who has had a major shock?

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

9. Describe the scene in which John is taken away by the doctors to begin his alcohol addiction treatment.

10. How does Beatrice know that Ralph has returned?

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