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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did the town end up charging?
(a) Pietersen.
(b) Sawlsberry.
(c) Harkness.
(d) Goodson.

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

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

5. Why can't the Wilcox's kittens be dead?
(a) They are still alive.
(b) The whole town would of heard about it.
(c) The Wilcoxes would hold a funeral.
(d) They were not born.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe Hadleyburg?

2. How does Mr. Richards imagine Goodson tried to kill himself?

3. Who does Mr. Stephenson send letters to?

4. What does the narrator say Mr. Richards plunges his hands through his hair like?

5. Who is the letter from?

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