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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. What is Mudder raving about when Jimmie arrives home in Chapter 13?
(a) The dirty apartment.
(b) Jimmie.
(c) The neighbors.
(d) Maggie.

2. What does the old woman say is Pete's response to Maggie's question?
(a) "Of course."
(b) "Oh, hell, yes."
(c) "Certainly not."
(d) "We shall see."

3. When Pete and Maggie join Nellie and Freddie, where does Maggie sit?
(a) Between Pete and Nellie.
(b) Behind Nellie.
(c) Between Nellie and Freddie.
(d) Between Pete and Freddie.

4. From where do the spectators watch the saloon fight?
(a) Under the saloon doors.
(b) Through the windows.
(c) Through the side door.
(d) Just inside the saloon.

5. Who comes into the apartment to stare at Maggie when she comes home?
(a) The women and children of Rum Alley.
(b) The old woman.
(c) The police.
(d) The men of Rum Alley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first object thrown in the saloon fight?

2. Where does Nellie say she wants to go with Pete?

3. During Chapter 18, how many women surround Pete?

4. When Maggie approaches Pete in the side street, what does he tell her to do?

5. How much time passes between Chapter 16 and Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the women in the dark hallway saying as Jimmie passes them on his way out to find Pete?

2. How does Mudder treat Maggie when Maggie finally returns home? What is Maggie's reaction to Mudder's treatment?

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

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

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

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

7. Why does the old woman stop Jimmie to report what she witnessed in the hallway?

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

9. As the fight between Jimmie and his companion and Pete progresses, a beer glass is thrown. What happens next?

10. What does Jimmie do when the policeman arrives to break up the saloon fight?

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