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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. Why does Mrs. Richards think she and her husband deserve the money?

2. What did the residents of Hadleyburg keep out of the way of young people?

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

4. What is the whole village now doing in the evenings?

5. What kind of expression do the town folks' faces have at the end of the week?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the Hadleyburg residents acting so moody?

2. What does the stranger write in his note to the Richardses?

3. Why does a builder come to the town?

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

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

6. What does the stranger write in his letter to Mr. Richards?

7. How does the stranger say he can make the coins worth their face value in gold?

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

9. What does the stranger tell Mrs. Richards?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme:

Setting

Point of view

Structure

Language

Essay Topic 2

Compare Mr. Richards' character to the person he was at the beginning to the person he is at the end of the book.

1) What did Mr. Richards hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2) What events change Mr. Richards' ideas about life?

3) How has Mr. Richards' character changed by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and examine it what expresses about the early 20th century society:

1) Vanity.

2) Class system.

3) Treatment of outsiders.

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