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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did the residents of Hadleyburg teach their babies in the cradle?
(a) The principles of Christianity.
(b) The principles of honest dealings.
(c) The principles of love.
(d) The principles of life.

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

5. Who did Goodson come close to marrying?
(a) Nancy Hewitt.
(b) Denise Harkness.
(c) Rose Darwin.
(d) Lottie Regal.

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

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

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

9. What does Mr. Richards want to make his proof of mind?
(a) Perfect.
(b) Humble.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Honest.

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

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

12. Who does Mrs. Richards say her husband is free of?
(a) Dillinger.
(b) Cox.
(c) Halliday.
(d) Pinkerton.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From what country has the stranger just arrived?

3. What did the stranger's plan light his head up with?

4. What does Mrs. Richards say her husband has never uttered?

5. What did Nancy Hewitt have a spoonful of in her veins?

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