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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Dick Turner after his wife is murdered?
(a) He goes on a rampage.
(b) He goes off and kills himself.
(c) He goes mad.
(d) He keeps going on about how much he hated his wife.

2. When will it rain?
(a) In a few days.
(b) In the next season.
(c) In six weeks, if Dick and Mary are lucky.
(d) In a month.

3. Why did Mary have no desire to get married?
(a) Her personality was unpleasant and no one wanted to marry her.
(b) The idea of home brought back bad memories.
(c) She did not like men.
(d) She was very ugly.

4. What does Mary have that Dick lacks?
(a) Patience and understanding.
(b) Vindictiveness and ruthlessness.
(c) Strength and willpower.
(d) Energy and efficiency.

5. What time does Dick usually go to bed?
(a) Seven-thirty.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Nine.

6. What type of clothes does Mary buy for herself?
(a) Tailor-made.
(b) Elegant and expensive.
(c) Designer.
(d) Childish and simple.

7. What springs up along the railway lines?
(a) Dorps.
(b) Dirps.
(c) Darps.
(d) Derps.

8. What pictures does Dick have on his wall?
(a) A candy-striped lass and a pleasant-looking grandmother.
(b) A strawberry basket woman and a woman of about thirty.
(c) A chocolate box lady and a child.
(d) A pepper hat girl and an infant.

9. What does Mary always do in the afternoon?
(a) Knit.
(b) Work in the store for hours.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Cry.

10. What was Charlie's job in London?
(a) Petty thief.
(b) Dental hygenist.
(c) Waiter.
(d) Grocer's assistant.

11. Why can't Mary stay at the Girl's Club?
(a) The girls remember her and do not want her back.
(b) She cannot afford their rates.
(c) Mary is too old to stay there.
(d) They don't take married women.

12. Why is Marston's relationship with the Turners?
(a) He was going to watch their farm.
(b) He is a distant cousin of Dick Turner.
(c) He is their real estate agent.
(d) He was going to help them turn their farm into a tobacco plantation.

13. At what time do Mary and Dick reach the farm?
(a) Early in the morning.
(b) Late at night.
(c) Lunchtime.
(d) Mid afternoon.

14. What was Mary afraid of above all else?
(a) Being alone.
(b) Herself.
(c) Men.
(d) Dying.

15. How does Mary react to sex with her husband?
(a) She refuses his advances entirely.
(b) She is disgusted.
(c) She learns to enjoy it.
(d) She withdraws.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mary wear her hair?

2. About what does Mary pick up a pamphlet?

3. What word best describes Dick Turner's financial situation?

4. What is the greatest satisfaction that Mary knows?

5. What type of shoes is Mary wearing when she arrives at the farm?

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