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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the stranger who wrote the letter?
(a) Mr. Barrington.
(b) Mr. Stephenson.
(c) Mr. Laurel.
(d) Mr. Jakes.

2. Which two characters sit in their parlor?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Harkness.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Cox.
(c) Halliday and the foreman.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Richards.

3. What does the narrator say the townfolk found the night after?
(a) Their love of life.
(b) Their dishonesty.
(c) Their tongues.
(d) Their hearts.

4. Why does Mrs. Richards think she and her husband deserve the money?
(a) They alway help other people.
(b) They are old and poor.
(c) They have workerd hard all their lives.
(d) They will do good things with the money.

5. How does the narrator describe the sides of the sack?
(a) Rough.
(b) Smooth.
(c) Bumby.
(d) Ridgy.

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

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

8. What does the stranger say he used to be?
(a) A gambler.
(b) A con artist.
(c) An alcoholic.
(d) A bank manager.

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

10. Who falls down in this chapter?
(a) Mrs. Richards.
(b) Mr. Harkness.
(c) Mr. Richard.
(d) Mrs. Harkness.

11. What does Jack Halliday say Mrs. Wilcox's cat has had?
(a) Puppies.
(b) A seizure.
(c) A conversion.
(d) Kittens.

12. Which character does the narrator say always notices everything?
(a) Jack Smitts.
(b) Reverend Burgess.
(c) Jack Halliday.
(d) Barclay Gordon.

13. How does Mr. Richards say he feels about helping the Reverend?
(a) Happy.
(b) Bad.
(c) Glad.
(d) Guilty.

14. What kind of honesty does Mrs. Richards say the town has trained them to think?
(a) Artificial honesty.
(b) Idealistic honesty.
(c) Hateful honesty.
(d) God's honesty.

15. What did Nancy Hewitt have a spoonful of in her veins?
(a) Hispanic blood.
(b) Mexican blood.
(c) Indian blood.
(d) Negro blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following do the reporters not make a picture of?

2. Why does Mr. Richards say he published the letter?

3. Whose opinion does Mrs. Richards say she is now worried about?

4. Why does Reverend Burgess like Mr. Richards?

5. What does Mr. Richards say the town has trained them to think?

(see the answer keys)

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