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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. Who does Mrs. Richard call Mr. Richards' friend?

2. What do people keep handing the Reverend?

3. Which of the following does Mrs. Richards use to describe the mentality of the town?

4. What does Mrs. Richards say her husband has never uttered?

5. Why can Mr. Richards not tell his wife how he helped Goodson?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the stranger have to wait before implementing his plan?

3. What same conclusion do Mr. Cox and Mr. Richards come to?

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

5. Why are the Hadleyburg residents acting so moody?

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

7. How does Mr. Richards think Burgess is trying to harm him?

8. What does Jack Halliday notice about the town?

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

10. How can the town identify the man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

What were the main concerns during the 1900s? How does the author express these concerns?

How would the author change the novel if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG is a novella. What are the differences between a novella and a novel in terms of the following:

Language

Character

Structure

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