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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. How many children does Mrs. Bogart have?

2. Why does Carol like the Marburys?

3. What could have blown up Dr. Kennicott and Carol during the amputation?

4. How does Dr. Kennicott describe the party hosts at the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. How long does it take Carol to walk the town?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Carol visits Minneapolis, she is worried that the porter at the hotel thinks she is what? Why is this significant?

2. During the summer, where do the women of Gopher Prairie leave their petty concerns behind?

3. Why does Dr. Kennicott want Carol to shop at a different grocery store than the one she has been using? How does she feel about this?

4. Why does Carol fight with her husband after her meeting with Guy Pollock?

5. What surprises Carol at the first meeting of the dramatic society?

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

7. What upsets Carol the first time she walks about the Main Street?

8. Describe Main Street in Gopher Prairie.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Main Street" is set in a time period where women begin to have freedom and options other than marriage. Analyze the various women who appear in the first several chapters of "Main Street" and how they reflect the time period of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Dr. Kennicott is an unassuming, country doctor who marries a woman who desires to live a life beyond Gopher Prairie. This is a struggle that affects him throughout the novel yet he continues to love his town and his family. Answering the following, create a profile of this seemingly simple man.

Part 1) Describe Dr. Kennicott.

Part 2) Discuss his relationship with Gopher Prairie and his wife.

Part 3) Analyze the philosophy Dr. Kennicott seems to live by throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and analyze the relationship between Carol and the Smails.

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