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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 say there is nothing to worry about regarding Reverend Burgess?
(a) He does not know he could have saved him.
(b) He is a timid man.
(c) He has already forgiven them.
(d) He does not care enough about life.

2. What does the narrator say Mr. Richards plunges his hands through his hair like?
(a) A butcher.
(b) A hypnotist.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A somnambulist.

3. Why does Reverend Burgess like Mr. Richards?
(a) He fixed the Reverend's bicycle.
(b) He is a regular at church.
(c) He helped him out.
(d) He made a big donation to the church.

4. Where does the stranger set down his sack in the cashier's house?
(a) Under the bed.
(b) Under the floorboards.
(c) Behind the stove.
(d) On top of the wardrobe.

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

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

7. What should the candidate hand to Rev. Burgess?
(a) A sealed envelope.
(b) A vial of blood.
(c) A reference letter.
(d) A prayer book.

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

9. Complete the following sentence; "A proof once established is _________________."
(a) Concrete.
(b) A liability.
(c) Better left so.
(d) The truth.

10. Who does Mr. Richards say is not a bad man?
(a) The Reverend Burgess.
(b) Barclay Gorgon.
(c) Sheriff Jonson.
(d) Mayor Jacks.

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

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following people does Mrs. Richards say has twitted them?

2. Who falls down in this chapter?

3. What did the residents of Hadleyburg keep out of the way of young people?

4. Where does everyone run to?

5. What does Mrs. Richards say she has been all her life?

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