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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jimmie passes the group of women in the dark hallway, about whom are they talking?
(a) Jimmie.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Mudder.
(d) The old woman.

2. To whom does Mother proclaim her grief, saying, "May Gawd forgive dat girl"?
(a) The neighbors.
(b) The priest.
(c) The old woman.
(d) Jimmie.

3. What does the end of Chapter 13 say that Mudder goes through life doing?
(a) Drinking the days away.
(b) Screaming at the neighbors.
(c) Laughing at fate.
(d) Shedding tears.

4. Who does Jimmie meet when he comes home late from work at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) The old woman.
(b) Maggie and Pete.
(c) Mudder.
(d) A policeman.

5. Who charges in to break up the saloon fight?
(a) A policeman.
(b) The spectators.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Mudder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pete's condition throughout Chapter 18?

2. To whom in the crowd does the "painted" girl throw her glances?

3. Where does Maggie go to spend the night at the end of Chapter 15?

4. By what common name does the hasty businessman call the "painted" girl when he knocks into her?

5. What drink do Jimmie and his companion order?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nellie's attitude toward Pete in Chapter 18 reflect a sort of poetic justice?

2. What are the true motives of the women surrounding Pete at the saloon in Chapter 18?

3. Why is Mudder raving when Jimmie finally comes home after his saloon fight?

4. How does Pete rationalize his lack of guilt in the situation with Maggie?

5. What is the state of the apartment when Jimmie arrives home in Chapter 10?

6. How do attitudes change toward the "painted" girl as she moves through the various districts of the city?

7. How might Maggie's story be different if the stout gentleman she encounters in the suburbs stops to help her?

8. When Jimmie and Mudder say Maggie has "gone teh deh devil", what do they mean?

9. Why does the "painted" girl direct her glances toward the rural, less educated men?

10. What is Maggie's reaction to the "painted" women she passes on her way out of the hall? Why does she react this way?

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