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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Richards say it is dreadful to be?
(a) Poor.
(b) Ill.
(c) Ironic.
(d) Rich.

2. Where do Mr. And Mrs. Richards have to go to in the morning?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) The town hall.
(c) The bank.
(d) The church.

3. What does Mrs. Richards say is Mr. Goodson's one vanity?
(a) He thinks he is the town's most moral person.
(b) He thinks he gives better advice.
(c) He thinks his wife is the most beautiful.
(d) He thinks he has better hair.

4. Whose opinion does Mrs. Richards say she is now worried about?
(a) Graeme Swann.
(b) James Anderson.
(c) Reverend Burgess.
(d) Barclay Gordon.

5. What did the residents of Hadleyburg keep out of the way of young people?
(a) Television.
(b) Temptations.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the town end up charging?

2. Why does Reverend Burgess like Mr. Richards?

3. What did the stranger decide he wanted to do to the town?

4. Why does Mr. Richards not want to make the matter private?

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

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