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

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

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

4. What eventually kills Mama?
(a) An overdose of laudanum.
(b) A stroke.
(c) An aneurysm.
(d) A stab wound.

5. John tells Beatrice that __________ is coming.
(a) Good fortune.
(b) Tragedy.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the banker advising Beatrice and Harry in the matters of Wideacre?

2. What does Beatrice finally reveal to the family after they return from the feast?

3. What does John prescribe for Mama's condition?

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

5. Where is Beatrice when the mob approaches the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why will Beatrice not set up a home with John in spite of his generous offers?

2. Explain Beatrice's perspective on love.

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

4. What is revealed about the characters in the Epilogue?

5. What foreshadowing does the author create to indicate the imminent fate of Wideacre and its inhabitants?

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

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

8. How does Beatrice manipulate Harry into a plan to buy out the entail on Wideacre so that Julia and Richard will one day inherit the estate?

9. Describe the scene of desperation that Harry and Beatrice witness at the Christmas party.

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

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