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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. What is Pete's condition throughout Chapter 18?

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

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

4. When the old woman tells her tale in Chapter 10, what does she say that Maggie asks Pete?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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. Describe the decor of the saloon where Pete works as a bartender.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

The book opens with a fight scene. How does this fact foreshadow the path of the entire book? Discuss at least three specific fight scenes from the book, concentrating on motives and outcomes.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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