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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Willie's singing do?
(a) Breaks glass.
(b) Awakens all the regulars.
(c) Encourages the other to join in.
(d) Annoys Harry.

2. Why does Willie stop singing?
(a) He is bored with singing.
(b) He is tired.
(c) Everyone is yelling at him to stop.
(d) When Harry seems about to take him upstairs.

3. Why does Larry leave this organization?
(a) He becomes disillusioned.
(b) He does not earn enough money.
(c) He loses all of his friends.
(d) It is disbanded.

4. How is the night for the regulars at Harry Hope's saloon and bar?
(a) It is a regular routine night.
(b) It is an unusual night.
(c) It is a cloudless night.
(d) It is a scary, rainy night.

5. Why is Larry angry with Parritt?
(a) He does not like Parritt.
(b) He hates Parritt's mother.
(c) He believes Parritt expects something from him.
(d) He believes Parritt is with the police.

6. To what does Willie confess?
(a) Going crazy alone in his room.
(b) Stealing drinks.
(c) Sleeping on the job.
(d) Criticizing the others.

7. On what did Jimmy report?
(a) Fashion trends.
(b) Presidential elections.
(c) Scientific discoveries.
(d) The war.

8. From where does Hickey know Parritt?
(a) Little League baseball.
(b) He cannot say.
(c) Grade school.
(d) The Movement.

9. What does Joe do when he sees their reactions?
(a) He cries.
(b) He apologizes.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He argues.

10. Where do Cora, Margie, and Pearl place Hickey's parcels?
(a) In an upstairs room.
(b) By Harry.
(c) In a corner.
(d) With the other birthday presents.

11. Who refers to the bar as "The End of the Line Cafe"?
(a) Larry.
(b) Willie.
(c) Harry.
(d) Hickey.

12. What are almost all the regulars doing?
(a) Running tabs.
(b) Complaining.
(c) Arguing.
(d) Talking.

13. What does Hickey say Parritt believes is finished?
(a) His life.
(b) His family.
(c) His relationship.
(d) His job.

14. Why does Parritt say he never would have come to the bar?
(a) If he had known the drinks were so expensive.
(b) If he had known he would be teased.
(c) If he had known is was a place where prostitutes hung out.
(d) If he had known the other clients would be so rude.

15. What does Parritt ask Larry to tell him?
(a) How to get a room in the hotel.
(b) Where his mother is being held.
(c) Where to find a job.
(d) About the other regulars.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Harry's mood become?

2. What happens to the deluded peace of a group of regulars at a low-end bar?

3. What does Hickey do with the regulars' various pipe dreams?

4. Why are Lewis and Wetjoen reliving their rivalry?

5. What does Hickey do with a roll of money?

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