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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Laura James?
(a) 18
(b) 21
(c) 16
(d) 26

2. How old is Eugene when he and Laura have an affair?
(a) 21
(b) 16
(c) 18
(d) 26

3. Why does Gant have surgery?
(a) Appendicitis
(b) Intestinal blockage
(c) Prostate cancer
(d) Throat cancer

4. Where does Eugene go quite often?
(a) To see prostitutes
(b) To church
(c) To visit Ben's grave
(d) Dixieland

5. Where does Eugene go first on the morning following Ben's death?
(a) To go to his father's shop
(b) To go to the undertaker
(c) To go to the diner
(d) To go to notify the newspaper

6. What is Luke's impression of Ben's preparation for burial?
(a) His suit does not fit
(b) He has too much makeup
(c) He hair is not fixed right
(d) He looks too pale

7. Where is Ben living?
(a) The tobacco town
(b) The party town
(c) The railway town
(d) The mechant town

8. Whose episode of being drunk becomes a major family event?
(a) Eugene's
(b) Gant's
(c) Ben's
(d) Luke's

9. Who cries throughout the proceedings?
(a) Eugene
(b) Eliza and Helen
(c) Laura
(d) Gant

10. What disease is spreading through Altamont, killing many?
(a) Cholera
(b) The flu
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Typhoid

11. Who does Gant say is an alcoholic?
(a) Laura
(b) Daisy
(c) Helen
(d) Eliza

12. What family is particularly noted as being present at the funeral?
(a) The Bartons
(b) The Pentlands
(c) The McGuires
(d) The Leonards

13. She writes Eugene a letter, what devastating news does it contain?
(a) Her father's business has collapsed
(b) She is marrying someone else
(c) She is gravely ill
(d) Her father is dying

14. Who informs his family he is already "gone"?
(a) Ben
(b) Gant
(c) Eugene
(d) Luke

15. Why is Eugene told he must go home?
(a) Eliza has died
(b) Ben has pnuemonia
(c) Gant has died
(d) Helen is sick

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Helen marry?

2. How does Eugene travel back to Altamont?

3. Who falls in love with Laura James?

4. Who comes to Eugene's room?

5. Who helps Eugene out at Christmas time?

(see the answer keys)

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