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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. Jakes.
(b) Mr. Barrington.
(c) Mr. Laurel.
(d) Mr. Stephenson.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who does Mr. Halliday talk to about Mrs. Wilcox's happiness?
(a) The cook.
(b) The valet.
(c) The maid.
(d) The footman.

10. What does Mr. Richards want to do with the money?
(a) Bury it.
(b) Put it in the bank.
(c) Burn it.
(d) Throw it in the sea.

11. 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 dictionary.
(c) The encyclopedia.
(d) The theasaurus.

12. What does Mrs. Richards say she could do for joy?
(a) Disappear.
(b) Float.
(c) Scream.
(d) Fly.

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

14. What does the narrator say Hadleyburg is known to most Americans as?
(a) Hadleyburg the Disruptible.
(b) Hadleyburg the Incorruptible.
(c) Hadleyburg the Lovable.
(d) Hadleyberg the Discernable.

15. Which of the following do the reporters not make a picture of?
(a) The sack.
(b) Mr. Cox's house.
(c) The bank.
(d) Mr. Richard's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who falls down in this chapter?

2. What should the candidate hand to Rev. Burgess?

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

4. What does the stranger say he used to be?

5. Who is Mrs. Richards worried will come at any moment?

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