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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lois offer to Joe?
(a) Cigarette.
(b) Wine.
(c) Water.
(d) Food.

2. Where is Margret when Mr. Holmes finds her?
(a) Sitting against a stone wall.
(b) Walking slowly toward home.
(c) Asleep in a meadow.
(d) Lying underneath a tree.

3. Which of the following is NOT something that depresses Mr. Holmes?
(a) Joe being punished for setting the fire.
(b) He has no home.
(c) He won't have children.
(d) Lois' weariness and compromised health.

4. What type of institution does Dr. Knowles plan to open?
(a) Hospice.
(b) Research center.
(c) AIDS clinic.
(d) Socialist healing.

5. What does Margret say when Mr. Holmes asks her to be his wife?
(a) Absolutely not.
(b) She needs to sleep on it.
(c) She'll think about it.
(d) Yes.

6. What holiday approaches as Holmes recuperates in the hospital?
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Fourth of July.

7. Why does Mr. Holmes leave the carriage before it reaches town?
(a) To attach a lantern to the wagon.
(b) To fix a broken wagon wheel.
(c) To walk back down the road to find Margret.
(d) To push the wagon out of a muddy rut.

8. Which of the following does NOT stop by the Howth's home on Christmas?
(a) Dr. Knowles.
(b) Lois.
(c) Miss Herne.
(d) Mr. Holmes.

9. Why does Margret tell Mr. Holmes that she cannot marry him?
(a) She does not love who he has become.
(b) She cannot leave her parents.
(c) She is engaged to someone else.
(d) She finds him repugnant.

10. What color does Lois notice that Miss Herne is wearing?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Brown.
(d) Yellow.

11. Where had Mr. Holmes spent every Christmas of his childhood?
(a) At the orphanage.
(b) At the Howth home.
(c) At his uncle's home.
(d) At his grandfather's home.

12. What did Joe do after the fire at the mill?
(a) Disappeared.
(b) Turned himself in to the police.
(c) Apologized to Dr. Knowles.
(d) Visited Mr. Holmes every day.

13. Other than Lois, who does the carriage pass by on its way to town?
(a) Joel.
(b) Mrs. Howth.
(c) Margret.
(d) Dr. Knowles.

14. Dr. Knowles' vision for the commune is now ___________________.
(a) Just ashes.
(b) Just a dream.
(c) Stronger than ever.
(d) Just a memory.

15. Which of the following does Mr. Holmes NOT admit to Margret?
(a) He did love her.
(b) He still loves her.
(c) He has ambitions.
(d) He never loved her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characteristics does Miss Herne NOT expect of Mr. Holmes?

2. Where does Dr. Knowles lead Margret on the way home?

3. What does Joe want to do in his life?

4. Mrs. Howth prepares ____________ and plum pudding for Christmas dinner.

5. What topic of conversation does Margret veer away from?

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