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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say Burgess can hear?
(a) His toe nails.
(b) The mice.
(c) The rats.
(d) His microbes.

2. What does Mr. Richards want to tell the house that he does not have?
(a) A life.
(b) God.
(c) Children.
(d) Friends.

3. What is Mr. Billson's middle name?
(a) Davies.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Wharton.

4. What is Mr. Thompson's occupation?
(a) A hatter.
(b) A blacksmith.
(c) A butcher.
(d) A locksmith.

5. What is written on the second envelope Burgess pulls out of the sack?
(a) The riot.
(b) Nuts.
(c) The light.
(d) The test.

6. Who do the Richardses say the checks came from?
(a) Satan.
(b) God.
(c) Death.
(d) The stranger.

7. Whose is the fifth remark that the Chair reads?
(a) Mr. Sargent's.
(b) Mr. Smith's.
(c) Mr. Richards'.
(d) Mr. Halliday's.

8. What is Wingate's occupation?
(a) A saddler.
(b) A blacksmith.
(c) A hatter.
(d) A tailor.

9. Who interrupts the hatter?
(a) The baker.
(b) The butcher.
(c) The tanner.
(d) The blacksmith.

10. Where does Mr. Richards tell his wife to put the checks?
(a) In the fire.
(b) In the lake.
(c) In the bank.
(d) In the cellar.

11. Who does the stranger's note say made the remark?
(a) No one.
(b) Mrs. Richards.
(c) Reverend Burgess.
(d) Mr. Halliday.

12. What does Mr. Wilson say he thought had taken his note to a different place on his desk?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A fan.
(c) A bird.
(d) A draft.

13. Who does Wingate suggest they give the money to?
(a) Mr. Halliday.
(b) Mr. Harkness.
(c) Mr. Burgess.
(d) Mr. Richards.

14. What does Mr. Burgess take out of his pocket?
(a) An envelope.
(b) A pen.
(c) A wand.
(d) A bible.

15. Who do the Richardses imagine is listening to them in the next room?
(a) Mr. Cox.
(b) The stranger.
(c) Their servant.
(d) Burgess.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the yellow coins made of?

2. What does Mr. Stephenson write that the Richards' honesty is beyond the reach of?

3. What is Mr. Wilson's occupation?

4. Why does the doctor say the town is distressed?

5. Why does Mr. Richards say he wants people to stay in the room?

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