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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Richards say her husband has never uttered?
(a) A blasphemy.
(b) A truth.
(c) A curse word.
(d) A lie.

2. Why does Mrs. Richards say they cannot find the right man?
(a) He is in his grave.
(b) He is a con artist.
(c) He is in another town.
(d) He is a higher force.

3. Why does Mrs. Richards think she and her husband deserve the money?
(a) They alway help other people.
(b) They have workerd hard all their lives.
(c) They will do good things with the money.
(d) They are old and poor.

4. What does the narrator say Hadlyburg is vain beyond?
(a) Comprehension.
(b) Vanity.
(c) Life.
(d) Imagination.

5. Which of the following words best describes Mr. and Mrs. Harkness' state of mind?
(a) Delighted.
(b) Miserable.
(c) Loving.
(d) Hateful.

6. What does the narrator say the townfolk found the night after?
(a) Their tongues.
(b) Their hearts.
(c) Their dishonesty.
(d) Their love of life.

7. What is the name of the only other town that the narrator mentions?
(a) Leighton.
(b) Brixton.
(c) Newmarket.
(d) Aylesbury.

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

9. Which of the following does Mrs. Richards use to describe the mentality of the town?
(a) Tight.
(b) Open.
(c) Closed.
(d) Stingy.

10. What do people keep handing the Reverend?
(a) Envelopes.
(b) Speeches.
(c) Invitations.
(d) Money.

11. Whose comments does the narrator say became increasingly disagreeable?
(a) Gordon's.
(b) Halliday's.
(c) Mr. Richard's.
(d) The foreman's.

12. Which of the following words best describes Pinkerton?
(a) Daft.
(b) Funny.
(c) Oily.
(d) Sexy.

13. Where do the Hadleyburg residents claim their town is destined to live in forever under the word incorruptible?
(a) The encyclopedia.
(b) The theasaurus.
(c) The dictionary.
(d) The national cook book.

14. What did the residents of Hadleyburg teach their babies in the cradle?
(a) The principles of life.
(b) The principles of love.
(c) The principles of Christianity.
(d) The principles of honest dealings.

15. What do Mr. Cox and Mr. Richards drag themselves home like?
(a) Poverty strcken men.
(b) Love stricken men.
(c) Mortally stricken men.
(d) Guilt stricken men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Richards want to make his proof of mind?

2. What does Mr. Cox's boss say Mr. Cox should not ship until he tells him?

3. What is the whole village now doing in the evenings?

4. What did Goodson tell Richards to do when he tried to convert him?

5. What did Nancy Hewitt have a spoonful of in her veins?

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