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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Erik want to do for a living?
(a) Join the opera.
(b) Be a dancer.
(c) Design women's clothing.
(d) Open a school for the blind.

2. How old is Vida when she marries?
(a) 39.
(b) 22.
(c) 40.
(d) 29.

3. What does Raymie do for a living?
(a) Farming.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Business.
(d) Dentistry.

4. During the war, how does Gopher Prairie suddenly get rich?
(a) Gold.
(b) Corn.
(c) Metal.
(d) Wheat.

5. How does Gopher Prairie feel about the Great War, when it begins?
(a) It's not their business.
(b) It will change the world.
(c) Hopeful for industry.
(d) Saddened by the fighting.

6. What type of liquor is Fern accused of abusing?
(a) Rum.
(b) Whisky.
(c) Gin.
(d) Vodka.

7. What instrument lies useless in Carol's home?
(a) The clarinet.
(b) The flute.
(c) The violin.
(d) The harp.

8. After the boom in the economy, "Dauntless" calls Gopher Prairie what?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Archaic.
(c) Finished.
(d) Desolate.

9. What is the name of the theater group Carol starts?
(a) Shakespeare's Groundlings.
(b) The Art Club of Gopher Prairie.
(c) The Gopher Prairie Dramatic Association.
(d) Gatekeepers of Gopher Prairie.

10. How does Carol feel about Percy Bresnahan?
(a) She is afraid of him.
(b) She admires him.
(c) All answer are correct.
(d) She is jealous of him.

11. Who do Carol and Dr. Kennicott run into in Minneapolis?
(a) Bea.
(b) The Dyers.
(c) Mrs. Bogart.
(d) The McGanums.

12. When the Kennicott's return from vacation, Carol worries Hugh is what?
(a) Mad at them.
(b) Dumb.
(c) Ill.
(d) Hyper-active.

13. What playwright does Carol want her theater group to perform?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Carol Churchill.
(c) Sam Shephard.
(d) Shaw.

14. What do Bea and her son fall ill with?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) TB.
(d) Smallpox.

15. Where does Carol meet Erik?
(a) In church.
(b) Dr. Kennicott's office.
(c) The Hick's shop.
(d) On the street.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weather greets the Kennicotts when they return from vacation?

2. Who tarnishes Fern's reputation?

3. Who moves into Carol's home?

4. What does Miles do, following Bea's death?

5. What women did Dr. Kennicott flirt with prior to marrying Carol?

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