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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Mr. Richards plunges his hands through his hair like?

2. How did Mr. Richards help the Reverend?

3. What do people keep handing the Reverend?

4. What is the old lady reading in the parlor?

5. What did the residents of Hadleyburg teach their babies in the cradle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the stranger do the next morning?

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

3. What kindness does Mr. Richards decide he must have performed for Goodson?

4. What does Wilson accuse Billson of?

5. What is Hadleyburg's reputation?

6. How does Wilson get everyone on his side?

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

8. Why are the Hadleyburg residents acting so moody?

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

10. Why can the boy not stop the mail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the story's premise? Why are premises so important to a story?

Essay Topic 2

Aside from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the book's reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

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