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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. Whose house does Clyde start spending time at?
(a) Oscar's
(b) Ratterer's
(c) Asa's
(d) Eddie's

2. Where does Walter promise to take Clyde on Wednesday?
(a) A strip club
(b) A church social
(c) A night club
(d) The theater

3. How money does Clyde's mother ask from him per week?
(a) $10
(b) $50
(c) $5
(d) $1

4. What kind of business does Clyde say his father owns?
(a) Clothes factory
(b) Hotel
(c) Card factory
(d) Casino

5. What is the name of Clyde's rich uncle?
(a) David
(b) Philip
(c) Frank
(d) Samuel

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the real price of the fur jacket?

2. Where does Sparser flip the car?

3. Why is Rita wary of physical contact?

4. What does Sondra invite Clyde to do at a later date?

5. Who does Roberta's behavior remind Clyde of?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the landscape play an important part in chapter 29, book 1?

2. Why does Clyde accept McMillan's company?

3. How does Jephson boost Clyde's courage?

4. How is Clyde's moral upbring still apparent in chapter 17?

5. How does Dreiser use the crime to show the American class structure?

6. Describe Roberta and Clyde's day out in chapter 18, book 2.

7. How does Clyde's life change when he finds the job at the hotel?

8. Describe the Griffith family.

9. How so the strict social rules affect Roberta?

10. Why does Clyde think Jephson is his last hope?

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