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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Whose comments does the narrator say became increasingly disagreeable?
(a) Mr. Richard's.
(b) Gordon's.
(c) Halliday's.
(d) The foreman's.

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

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

6. What is the paper's foreman the local representative of?
(a) The local government.
(b) The Associated Press.
(c) The Folk Music Association.
(d) The National Guards.

7. Why did Mr. Richards decide against saving the Reverend Burgess?
(a) He did not have the pluck.
(b) He did not want to be unpopular.
(c) He was too lazy.
(d) Burgess deserved what he got.

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

9. How does Mr. Richards imagine Goodson tried to kill himself?
(a) By hanging himself.
(b) By slitting his wrists.
(c) By shooting himself.
(d) By drowning.

10. What is the whole village now doing in the evenings?
(a) Writing articles.
(b) Staying at home.
(c) Demonstrating.
(d) Rioting.

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

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

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

14. What did the stranger's plan light his head up with?
(a) Fireworks.
(b) The luminosity of life.
(c) Evil joy.
(d) Corruption.

15. What is the old lady reading in the parlor?
(a) The Guardian.
(b) The New Age Observer.
(c) The Christian Times.
(d) The Missionary Herald.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Mrs. Richards use to describe the mentality of the town?

2. Who does Mrs. Richards say her husband is free of?

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

4. What do people keep handing the Reverend?

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

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