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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, how have Trina's actions changed toward Mr. McTeague?
(a) Trina has become reserved, distant, and even cold.
(b) Trina has become worried and fearful.
(c) Trina has become excitable and even jumpy.
(d) Trina has become happier and warmer.

2. What is Mr. McTeague doing when the novel begins?
(a) He is working in a gold mine.
(b) Living with his mother.
(c) He is working at a dental machinery plant.
(d) He has started a business.

3. What does Trina do for extra work, even though she has more than enough money?
(a) She carves Noah's arks out of wood, to be sold in her uncle's store.
(b) She knits children's sweaters.
(c) She becomes Mr. McTeague's business manager.
(d) She cleans houses with Maria.

4. What does Mr. McTeague do at the end of Chapter 20, when he sees someone coming through the darkness toward his room?
(a) He fights for his life.
(b) He shoots blindly into the darkess.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He pleads for mercy.

5. Who does Mrs. McTeague suspect is behind the notice from City Hall?
(a) Marcus.
(b) Zerkow.
(c) The "Other Dentist."
(d) Maria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does old Grannis accidentally do in Chapter 11?

2. As the McTeague's pack up to move, what are five ethings Mr. McTeague refuses to part with?

3. How does Trina respond to Mr. McTeague's actions at the end of her procedure?

4. Where does Mr. McTeague tell Trina he is going as they sit in their new house?

5. Zerkow's insatiable hunger for stories about wealth is a symbol of what?

(see the answer key)

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