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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mr. Richards meet Mr. Cox?
(a) The church.
(b) The printing office.
(c) The town hall.
(d) The newspaper office.

2. Which of the following words best describes Jack Halliday?
(a) Fun loving.
(b) Ill-tempered.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Good-natured.

3. Which of the following words best describes Mr. and Mrs. Harkness' state of mind?
(a) Hateful.
(b) Delighted.
(c) Miserable.
(d) Loving.

4. Where do the Hadleyburg residents claim their town is destined to live in forever under the word incorruptible?
(a) The national cook book.
(b) The theasaurus.
(c) The encyclopedia.
(d) The dictionary.

5. Who does Mrs. Richard call Mr. Richards' friend?
(a) Barclay Gordon.
(b) Mr. Harkness.
(c) Reverend Burgess.
(d) The stranger.

6. What kind of fit does Mrs. Richards fall into as she feels the sack?
(a) Love.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Longing.
(d) Absence.

7. What does Halliday pretend is a camera?
(a) A helmut.
(b) A cigarette box.
(c) A cigar box.
(d) A fishing rod.

8. What kind of tone does the narrator say Mr. Cox speaks in when he says "What possessed you..."?
(a) Trembling.
(b) Vexed.
(c) Throaty.
(d) Quiet.

9. Which of the following do the reporters make a picture of?
(a) The war memorial.
(b) The public monument.
(c) The stranger.
(d) The public square.

10. What did Goodson tell Richards to do when he tried to convert him?
(a) Bury your head in the sand.
(b) Marry someone else.
(c) Pick on someone who cares.
(d) Mind your own business.

11. Which of the following activities did Mr. and Mrs. Richards used to do in the evening?
(a) Barbecue ribs.
(b) Listen to the radio.
(c) Play chess.
(d) Read books.

12. Why does Mrs. Richards say she wants to be left alone?
(a) She is too ill.
(b) She is too happy.
(c) She is too miserable.
(d) She is too fat.

13. Who do Mr. and Mrs. Richards think gave the stranger $20?
(a) Jack Smits.
(b) Barclay Gordon.
(c) Hannah Goodwin.
(d) Yosser Hughes.

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

15. What did the residents of Hadleyburg teach their babies in the cradle?
(a) The principles of honest dealings.
(b) The principles of life.
(c) The principles of Christianity.
(d) The principles of love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jack Halliday's job?

2. What do Mr. Cox and Mr. Richards drag themselves home like?

3. Where does the stranger set down his sack in the cashier's house?

4. How does the narrator describe the sides of the sack?

5. What does the narrator say Hadlyburg is vain beyond?

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