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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the stranger decide he wanted to do to the town?
(a) Islamize it.
(b) Corrupt it.
(c) Destroy it.
(d) Help it.

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

4. What did Goodson tell Richards to do when he tried to convert him?
(a) Pick on someone who cares.
(b) Mind your own business.
(c) Marry someone else.
(d) Bury your head in the sand.

5. What do the Wilsons arrange?
(a) A fancy dress ball.
(b) A dinner party.
(c) A sermon.
(d) A pillow fight.

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

7. Who falls down in this chapter?
(a) Mrs. Harkness.
(b) Mr. Richard.
(c) Mr. Harkness.
(d) Mrs. Richards.

8. Where does everyone run to?
(a) The townhall.
(b) The bank.
(c) The newspaper.
(d) The church.

9. What happened to Nancy Hewitt?
(a) She fell in love with someone else.
(b) She joined the marines.
(c) She ran away.
(d) She died.

10. How did Mr. Richards help the Reverend?
(a) He hid him in his house.
(b) He lent him money.
(c) He gave him food.
(d) He got him out of town.

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

12. What does the narrator say the townfolk found the night after?
(a) Their hearts.
(b) Their tongues.
(c) Their dishonesty.
(d) Their love of life.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following words best describes Pinkerton?

2. What does Mr. Richards want to do with the money?

3. What does Halliday realize are not dead?

4. What kind of expression do the town folks' faces have at the end of the week?

5. Who does Mrs. Richard call Mr. Richards' friend?

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