View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of expression do the town folks' faces have at the end of the week?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Vanity.
(d) Holy happiness.

2. Why couldn't Mr. Richards have been able to save Goodson from drowning?
(a) He would have been at work.
(b) There is no lakes in the town.
(c) He can't swim.
(d) He is afraid of the water.

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

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

5. What does Halliday realize are not dead?
(a) The Cox's ducks.
(b) The Richards' chickens.
(c) The Wilcox's puppies.
(d) The Wilcox's kittens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who falls down in this chapter?

2. Why does Mr. Richards say there is nothing to worry about regarding Reverend Burgess?

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

4. What does Mrs. Richards say she could do for joy?

5. What does the sack contain?

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 say should happen if his plan is successful?

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

5. In what way does the author present Halliday as the only honest character in the story?

6. What does Wilson accuse Billson of?

7. Why does the stranger say he devised his scheme?

8. How does Hadleyburg make sure all its residents are honest?

9. Why does Mr. Richards say Burgess is friendly to them?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 685 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample