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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jimmie meet on the street when he leaves the apartment?

2. What word best describes Jimmie's attitude as he leaves the apartment to find Pete?

3. What is Pete doing as he polishes the beer glass behind the bar?

4. Who does Maggie meet as she wanders among the rows of houses?

5. When Jimmie surveys the apartment, what does he notice is missing from the nail behind the door?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Compare Pete's attitude toward Nellie to Maggie's attitude toward Pete.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What event represents the turning point of the story? Identify the climax and explain its significance to any three of the following characters:

A) Maggie.

B) Pete.

C) Mudder.

D) Jimmie.

E) Nellie.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book, Maggie is rejected by friends and strangers alike. Select three of the following characters and discuss in detail the ways and reasons they rejected Maggie:

A) Mudder.

B) Jimmie.

C) Pete.

D) The Rum Alley neighbors.

E) The stout, well-dressed gentleman in Chapter 16.

F) The tall young man with a cigarette in Chapter 17.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss each of the following actions in terms of their reflection on Pete's character and their impact on his relationship with Maggie:

A) Pete's rudeness toward waiters and other staff.

B) Pete's disinterest in all of the things that entertain Maggie.

C) Pete's constant need to impress Maggie with new things.

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