View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mudder famous for in Chapter 5?

2. When they attend the show in Chapter 7, where do Pete and Maggie sit?

3. What two things set Pete apart from the Rum Alley tenement crowd?

4. What does Mudder do all day Friday?

5. What day does Maggie expect Pete to return?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jimmie's attitude toward the police.

2. How does Pete's reappearance in the story affect Maggie's view of her life and surroundings?

3. Why are Maggie's spirits so lifted by the plays she and Pete attend?

4. What is Jimmie's attitude toward Mudder when he finds her yelling in the tenement hallway?

5. How does Mudder express her anger with Jimmie's fighting?

6. How do the neighbors react to the fight between Mudder and Fader?

7. In their main altercation in Chapter 2, what is Mudders accusation against Fader? What accusation is Fader's response?

8. Briefly describe Mudder's appearance and demeanor when she is thrown out of the saloon.

9. Does Mudder enjoy her perceived win in the fight with Fader? Explain your answer.

10. What is the significance of Maggie choosing to go out with Pete at the end of Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Pete's reappearance in Jimmie's life so dramatically impact Maggie's satisfaction with her own life? List and describe at least four areas of life that become increasingly unsatisfactory to Maggie as her relationship with Pete develops. What steps does Maggie take to improve these areas of her life? What does this say about her?

Essay Topic 2

Both police and firefighters are in positions of authority, but Jimmie has very different emotions and reactions toward these two groups. Compare and contrast Jimmie's hostility towards police and his admiration for fire engines.

Essay Topic 3

Define and discuss the concept of hypocrisy. Where do you see hypocrisy at work in the story? Identify and explain at least two examples of hypocrisy in the text.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 837 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample