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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Mrs. Richards use to describe the mentality of the town?
(a) Closed.
(b) Open.
(c) Tight.
(d) Stingy.

3. Which of the following do the reporters make a picture of?
(a) The public square.
(b) The war memorial.
(c) The stranger.
(d) The public monument.

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

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

6. Who does the stranger say is Goodson's legitimate heir?
(a) The Nightingales.
(b) Himself.
(c) The Richards.
(d) Halliday.

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

8. Who does Mr. Richards think that Goodson despised?
(a) God.
(b) Humans.
(c) Animals.
(d) Himself.

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

10. From what country has the stranger just arrived?
(a) Mexico.
(b) France.
(c) Canada.
(d) Britain.

11. Why does Mr. Richards say he published the letter?
(a) He wants to share the riches.
(b) He would have been found out.
(c) It was the honest thing to do.
(d) It said publish it.

12. What does Mrs. Richards say she has been all her life?
(a) A humbug.
(b) A lightning bug.
(c) A firebug.
(d) A blowbug.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the stranger who wrote the letter?

2. Who do the townspeople think helped the Reverend?

3. What did the residents of Hadleyburg teach their babies in the cradle?

4. What does the sack contain?

5. Who falls down in this chapter?

(see the answer keys)

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