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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Whose opinion does Mrs. Richards say she is now worried about?
(a) James Anderson.
(b) Reverend Burgess.
(c) Graeme Swann.
(d) Barclay Gordon.

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

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

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

10. What kind of expression do the town folks' faces have at the end of the week?
(a) Vanity.
(b) Holy happiness.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Boredom.

11. 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.

12. Why can't the Wilcox's kittens be dead?
(a) The Wilcoxes would hold a funeral.
(b) The whole town would of heard about it.
(c) They were not born.
(d) They are still alive.

13. Who is Mrs. Richards worried will come at any moment?
(a) A burglar.
(b) Her husband.
(c) The stranger.
(d) Her mother.

14. Where do Mr. And Mrs. Richards have to go to in the morning?
(a) The church.
(b) The bank.
(c) The newspaper.
(d) The town hall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Richards say it is no time for?

2. What is the paper's foreman the local representative of?

3. What happened to Nancy Hewitt?

4. How does Mr. Richards say he feels about helping the Reverend?

5. Whose comments does the narrator say became increasingly disagreeable?

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