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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Erik want to do for a living?
(a) Join the opera.
(b) Open a school for the blind.
(c) Design women's clothing.
(d) Be a dancer.

2. What position does Percy Bresnahan hold at his company?
(a) Partner.
(b) President.
(c) CEO.
(d) Financial advisor.

3. In Chapter 20, why does Carol decide she's "part of the town"?
(a) The Kennicott name is engraved in a church pew.
(b) The Kennicotts are added to the census sign.
(c) The town honors her anniversary of living there.
(d) She feels controlled by the town's mindset and fights.

4. When the women of the town finally call on Bea when she is ill, how does Miles react?
(a) He sends them away.
(b) He thanks them for their kindness.
(c) He starts to cry.
(d) He invites them in.

5. How is Mrs. Swiftwaite described?
(a) A "tramp that won't quit."
(b) A "very beautiful outsider."
(c) An "awful peroxide blond."
(d) A "homewrecker."

6. How does Gopher Prairie feel about the Great War, when it begins?
(a) Hopeful for industry.
(b) It's not their business.
(c) It will change the world.
(d) Saddened by the fighting.

7. What women did Dr. Kennicott flirt with prior to marrying Carol?
(a) Mrs. Dawson.
(b) Mrs. Cass.
(c) Fern and Maud.
(d) Vida and Maud.

8. Where do Vida and Raymie live?
(a) On the wrong side of the tracks.
(b) Above the grocery.
(c) With the Kennicotts.
(d) The Ole Jenson house.

9. Who plays a game with Carol, as though she is going to shoot him?
(a) Raymie.
(b) Hugh.
(c) Percy Bresnahan.
(d) Dave Dyer.

10. Who do Carol and Dr. Kennicott run into in Minneapolis?
(a) Bea.
(b) The Dyers.
(c) Mrs. Bogart.
(d) The McGanums.

11. What does Raymie do for a living?
(a) Farming.
(b) Business.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Dentistry.

12. What does the in-crowd refer to newcomer Erik as?
(a) Ethel.
(b) Imogene.
(c) Error.
(d) Elizabeth.

13. Who appoints Carol to the library board?
(a) Ole Jenson.
(b) Guy Pollock.
(c) Dr. Westlake.
(d) Lyman Cass.

14. What weather greets the Kennicotts when they return from vacation?
(a) A tornado.
(b) Lightning.
(c) Snow.
(d) Sleet.

15. What part does Carol play in Bea's wedding?
(a) Patroness and manager.
(b) The piano player.
(c) Maid of Honor.
(d) Bridesmaid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carol receive for Christmas at the beginning of Chapter 16?

2. What type of glasses does Carol have to wear?

3. In Chapter 33, what does Carol decide about Erik?

4. In June, what type of storm is common in Gopher Prairie?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 17, what winter activity does Carol partake in?

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