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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Maggie wish she could talk to about Pete?
(a) A priest.
(b) A reliable friend.
(c) Jimmie.
(d) Mudder.

2. What color dresses are the orchestra women wearing in Chapter 7?
(a) Pink.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Dark Blue.
(d) Black.

3. What does Jimmie's father do to the two fighting boys?
(a) Punches them.
(b) Kicks them.
(c) Screams at them.
(d) Pours beer on them.

4. What is Maggie's impression of Pete?
(a) He is a loud-mouthed fool.
(b) He would make an ideal beau.
(c) He is wise and good.
(d) He is looking for trouble.

5. When Jimmie happens upon his furiously screaming mother, what does he tell her to do?
(a) Take a nap.
(b) Go back to the saloon.
(c) Come home.
(d) Stop shouting.

6. How does the air in the collar and cuff factory make Maggie feel?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Happy.
(d) Strangled.

7. Who warns Pete, "Don't be fresh now"?
(a) Jimmie.
(b) The waiter.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Mudder.

8. To keep money in his pocket, what does Jimmie become?
(a) A bartender.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A truck driver.
(d) An undertaker.

9. Of what class of people are most of those attending the show with Pete and Maggie?
(a) The working class.
(b) The aristocracy.
(c) The lower class.
(d) The upper class.

10. What does Jimmie threaten to do to Maggie if she does not "shut up"?
(a) Chase her down the street.
(b) Tell his mother.
(c) Smack her mouth.
(d) Kick her shins.

11. Because of her thoughts of Pete, what does Chapter 8 say that Maggie grows to dislike?
(a) Her looks.
(b) Her neighborhood.
(c) Her apartment.
(d) All of her dresses.

12. Who breaks up the street fight between the two groups of boys?
(a) Roger.
(b) Pete.
(c) Jimmie's father.
(d) Blue Billie.

13. As he drinks at the bar, to what does Fader liken his home?
(a) The zoo.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Hell.
(d) Jail.

14. Where is Maggie employed for her first job?
(a) A collar and cuff factory.
(b) A saloon.
(c) A dressmaker's shop.
(d) A linen factory.

15. What two physical characteristics make Pete seem formidable?
(a) Fine clothes and shiny shoes.
(b) Swinging shoulders and a sneer.
(c) Massive height and weight.
(d) Piercing eyes and large fists.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jimmie re-enters the apartment after the fight in Chapter 3, where are Mudder and Fader?

2. What day does Maggie expect Pete to return?

3. In addition to dancing, what is the girl who starts the show in Chapter 7 doing?

4. What body part of Jimmie's opponent does Jimmie's father injure?

5. Who arrives at the apartment at the conclusion of the fight between Jimmie and Mudder?

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