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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Richards worried will come at any moment?
(a) The stranger.
(b) A burglar.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her mother.

2. What is the name of the stranger who wrote the letter?
(a) Mr. Laurel.
(b) Mr. Stephenson.
(c) Mr. Barrington.
(d) Mr. Jakes.

3. Which two characters sit in their parlor?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Harkness.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Richards.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Cox.
(d) Halliday and the foreman.

4. Why can't the Wilcox's kittens be dead?
(a) The whole town would of heard about it.
(b) The Wilcoxes would hold a funeral.
(c) They are still alive.
(d) They were not born.

5. What does Mr. Richards want to do with the money?
(a) Put it in the bank.
(b) Bury it.
(c) Burn it.
(d) Throw it in the sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Richards say it is no time for?

2. What do people keep handing the Reverend?

3. What does the narrator say Hadleyburg is known to most Americans as?

4. Why does Mrs. Richards think she and her husband deserve the money?

5. What is the old lady reading in the parlor?

(see the answer key)

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