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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. As Chapter 17 opens, from where are most of the people in the crowd coming?
(a) Church.
(b) The museum.
(c) The theater.
(d) Work.

2. Who does Jimmie meet on the street when he leaves the apartment?
(a) A friend.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Pete.
(d) A policeman.

3. Where does Jimmie hide after the saloon fight to avoid being caught?
(a) At the apartment.
(b) In a dark corner.
(c) Under a table.
(d) In the park.

4. Where does Jimmie tell Mudder that Maggie has gone?
(a) To Pete's house.
(b) To the show.
(c) To the devil.
(d) To the saloon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women do once Pete is soundly in a drunken sleep?

2. As he refuses to take Pete's money, what does the waiter call Pete?

3. Based on the anger of Maggie's family, how does Chapter 16 say Pete feels?

4. What does Jimmie do when Maggie cries out to him?

5. What is the name of the "forlorn woman" who is wandering at the beginning of Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Compare the attitude of the Rum Alley tenement crowd toward Maggie with the attitude Maggie had toward the "painted" women in Chapter 12.

3. How does Nellie manipulate Pete to get him to leave with her?

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

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

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

9. Based on the insights given in Chapter 12, how does Maggie feel about Pete? How does Pete feel about Maggie?

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

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