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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. What is Carol's relationship to money?
(a) She is stingy.
(b) She is obsessed with it.
(c) She is extravagant.
(d) She dislikes it.

2. Carol's article of introduction appears in what publication?
(a) The Gopher Prairie Weekly Dauntless.
(b) The Gopher Prairie Tattle.
(c) A pamphlet.
(d) The Gopher Times.

3. How does The Red Swede make money in the spring?
(a) Music.
(b) Training horses.
(c) Selling horses.
(d) Selling vegetables.

4. Where does Carol attend college?
(a) Virginia Tech.
(b) Blodgett College.
(c) The University of Michigan.
(d) DePaul University.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 15, how does Carol feel about her husband?
(a) She loathes him.
(b) She thinks he's an idiot.
(c) She believes he's hiding debt.
(d) She loves him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does Carol see Gopher Prairie for the first time?

2. Why does Carol call on the Perrys when Dr. Kennicott is out of town?

3. What word scares Carol in Chapter 3, Part III?

4. What does The Red Swede call the Jolly Seventeen?

5. What type of shoes does Carol where on the train?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Village Virus and who describes it to Carol?

2. Why is Vida interested in Raymie?

3. Describe Main Street in Gopher Prairie.

4. Why does Carol start a dramatic society?

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

6. Carol and the women at the bridge game argue about the maids' wages. Why?

7. Why does Carol choose not to plan for a new home?

8. In Carol's eyes, how does the country compare to Main Street, and when does she determine this?

9. What is Carol's family background and how does this affect her financial situation?

10. What does Carol feel is missing in her marriage and how does she try to correct it?

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