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

2. What is the whole village now doing in the evenings?
(a) Demonstrating.
(b) Rioting.
(c) Writing articles.
(d) Staying at home.

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

4. What is the paper's foreman the local representative of?
(a) The local government.
(b) The National Guards.
(c) The Folk Music Association.
(d) The Associated Press.

5. Who is the letter from?
(a) Another country.
(b) The mayor.
(c) A distant state.
(d) The President.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Richards say her husband is free of?

2. Which of the following words best describes Mr. and Mrs. Harkness' state of mind?

3. From what country has the stranger just arrived?

4. How does the author describe Hadleyburg?

5. What does Mr. Richards say the town has trained them to think?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are similar scenes as the scenes at the Richardses being performed in 18 other houses?

2. How does the town react when Burgess declares that Billson is the rightful heir to the money?

3. What does the stranger's second note say?

4. Why do the Richardses become paranoid about church sermons?

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

6. Why does Richards not tell his wife about the good deed he did for Goodson?

7. How does a minor citizen make everyone in the town hall erupt with laughter?

8. What happens in the morning?

9. How does the author describe the town hall on the day of the inquiry?

10. What does Burgess write in his note to Mr. Richards?

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