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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Halliday pretend is a camera?
(a) A helmut.
(b) A cigarette box.
(c) A cigar box.
(d) A fishing rod.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Goodson tell Richards to do when he tried to convert him?

2. What do people keep handing the Reverend?

3. Where do Mr. And Mrs. Richards have to go to in the morning?

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

5. What does the narrator say Hadleyburg is known to most Americans as?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mrs. Richards angry at her husband?

2. How do the townspeople react when Mr. Richards stands up to address them?

3. What news spreads around the town about Mr. and Mrs. Richards?

4. What does Wilson accuse Billson of?

5. Why can the boy not stop the mail?

6. What does Halliday notice about the town's citizens after they have received the letters?

7. What does Jack Halliday notice about the town?

8. Why does Mr. Richards say Burgess is not as mean-spirited as the town thinks?

9. What do the other towns think of Hadleyburg?

10. Why does Harkness want to buy the sack from the stranger?

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