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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Richards not want to make the matter private?
(a) It would be no fun.
(b) It would be dishonest.
(c) It would spoil the romance.
(d) The town shares everything.

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

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

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

5. What does Mr. Cox's boss say Mr. Cox should not ship until he tells him?
(a) The early mail.
(b) The lunchtime news.
(c) The evening news.
(d) The late mail.

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

7. What does Mrs. Richards say it is no time for?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Rain.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Sunshine.

8. What does Halliday realize are not dead?
(a) The Richards' chickens.
(b) The Wilcox's kittens.
(c) The Cox's ducks.
(d) The Wilcox's puppies.

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

10. What does Mr. Richards say he and is wife should remember?
(a) It was the nice thing.
(b) It was the Christian thing.
(c) It was ordered.
(d) It was the right thing.

11. What is Jack Halliday's job?
(a) Foreman.
(b) Banker.
(c) Fisherman.
(d) Reporter.

12. Which of the following areas of America does the narrator not mention?
(a) Alaska.
(b) New York.
(c) Florida.
(d) Montreal.

13. Where should the candidates appear at 8:00 in the evening on Friday?
(a) The town hall.
(b) The assembly hall.
(c) The bell tower.
(d) The theater.

14. What does Mrs. Richards say her husband has never uttered?
(a) A blasphemy.
(b) A lie.
(c) A curse word.
(d) A truth.

15. Which of the following people does Mrs. Richards say has twitted them?
(a) The Wombles.
(b) The Christians.
(c) The Jeminas.
(d) The Wilsons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Mr. and Mrs. Richards think gave the stranger $20?

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

3. What happened to Nancy Hewitt?

4. Where do Mr. And Mrs. Richards have to go to in the morning?

5. Why couldn't Mr. Richards have been able to save Goodson from drowning?

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