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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can Mr. Richards not tell his wife how he helped Goodson?
(a) He made a promise.
(b) It was against the law.
(c) She would laugh.
(d) She would divorce him.

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

3. What kind of fit does Mrs. Richards fall into as she feels the sack?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Longing.
(c) Absence.
(d) Love.

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

5. Who does Mrs. Richard call Mr. Richards' friend?
(a) The stranger.
(b) Reverend Burgess.
(c) Mr. Harkness.
(d) Barclay Gordon.

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

7. 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.

8. Who did the town end up charging?
(a) Harkness.
(b) Sawlsberry.
(c) Goodson.
(d) Pietersen.

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

10. Who does Halliday realize has broken a leg?
(a) Mr. Richard's
(b) Himself.
(c) Nobody.
(d) Mr. Harkness.

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

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

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

14. Where does the stranger say Goodson made the remark to him?
(a) Utopia Alley.
(b) Berlin Alley.
(c) Didcot Alley.
(d) Hale Alley.

15. What does Mrs. Richards say is Mr. Goodson's one vanity?
(a) He thinks he gives better advice.
(b) He thinks he has better hair.
(c) He thinks his wife is the most beautiful.
(d) He thinks he is the town's most moral person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Richards not want to make the matter private?

2. What does Jack Halliday say Mrs. Wilcox's cat has had?

3. What does Mr. Cox's boss say Mr. Cox should not ship until he tells him?

4. What do Mr. Cox and Mr. Richards drag themselves home like?

5. What does the sack contain?

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