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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. Dr. Kennicott requests that Carol start grocery shopping where?
(a) Howard & Gould.
(b) In Minneapolis.
(c) The Farmer's Market.
(d) Jenson or Ludelmeyer.

2. In Chapter 13, who does Guy Pollock invite for coffee?
(a) Mrs. Bogart.
(b) Bea.
(c) The Dillons.
(d) Dr. Kennicott.

3. Who has the Village Virus?
(a) Guy Pollock.
(b) Vida.
(c) Dr. Kennicott.
(d) Mrs. Perry.

4. What heinous act against an animal does Cy commit that Carol witnesses?
(a) Stepping on a mouse.
(b) Hanging a cat.
(c) Scaring a horse.
(d) Shooting a dog.

5. In what month does Carol move to Gopher Prairie?
(a) She does not move there.
(b) December.
(c) June.
(d) September.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does a boy on the train play?

2. Where do Carol and Dr. Kennicott purchase a summer home?

3. In what month does Carol take control of her home?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 8, Carol begs to learn about what?

5. What surrounds Main Street?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Carol panic when she arrives in Gopher Prairie?

2. Describe Carol's time in Washington.

3. When Dr. and Mrs. Kennicott return home, what is the response?

4. What is Fern accused of by Mrs. Bogart and what is the effect on Fern?

5. In what way does Carol try to convince herself Gopher Prairie is like New York?

6. The novel Main Street declares what as the "great mystery about a human being?"

7. Why does Carol start a dramatic society?

8. What is the reaction of the town when Bea and Olaf die?

9. When Miles leaves town, what does he do and how does the town react?

10. What "great change" happens to Carol in Chapter 19?

(see the answer keys)

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