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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What animal does Marcus bring with him to the desert?
(a) A mule.
(b) A camel.
(c) A pony.
(d) A horse.
2. What is the state of Maria's baby's health when it is born?
(a) Healthy.
(b) Unhealthy.
(c) It has breathing problems.
(d) Fused hands and feet.
3. What does Marcus decide at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) To buy a house San Francisco.
(b) To stay in San Francisco.
(c) To ask Augustine to go with him to San Francisco.
(d) To leave San Francisco.
4. When Mr. McTeague first receives a notice from City Hall what does it say?
(a) He and his wife must pay taxes on the lottery winnings.
(b) He is not permitted to continue his practice.
(c) He cannot live and work in the same building.
(d) He will win an ethical business award.
5. Why is Old Grannis sad about his actions in chapter 17?
(a) He regrets never being able to listen to his phonograph.
(b) He will never being able to talk with Miss Baker again.
(c) He put a price on something he loves.
(d) He regrets his decision to move.
6. Why do the McTeague's choose to move to someone else's home?
(a) To save money.
(b) To shorten McTeague's commute.
(c) To help Trina's parents.
(d) To redo the house.
7. As the McTeague's pack up to move, what are five ethings Mr. McTeague refuses to part with?
(a) A steel engraving, a stone pug dog, the canary, its cage, and his concertina.
(b) A wood engraving, a stone calico cat, tje parrot, its cage, and an easy chair.
(c) A desk, his stone collection, the pet rat, its cage, and the concertina.
(d) A drill, his mother's painting, the pet mouse, its cage, and the Victrola.
8. What is the historical significance of Mr. McTeague's new job in chapter 20?
(a) Mr. McTeague is going back to heal things up with Marcus.
(b) Mr. McTeague is going back to make amends with the "Other Dentist."
(c) Mr. McTeague worked as a child in the Big Dipper Mine before being sent away to learn dentistry.
(d) Mr. McTeague worked as a child in Los Angeles.
9. In Chapter 19, Trina still has five thousand dollars, but where is the money?
(a) In the bank.
(b) Under her mattress.
(c) In her parent's house for safekeeping.
(d) Still invested in her uncle's toy shop.
10. While in the dessert, what does Mr. McTeague resolve to do?
(a) To turn himself in to the authorities.
(b) To leave his gold fortune behind.
(c) To stay on the run from the authorities.
(d) To run from his wife's ghost.
11. When Mr. McTeague does return in Chapter 19, what does he demand of Trina?
(a) Trina's help in getting a job at the kindergarten.
(b) Money and a place to sleep.
(c) Trina to come back to him.
(d) A hot meal.
12. Who does Mrs. McTeague suspect is behind the notice from City Hall?
(a) The "Other Dentist."
(b) Zerkow.
(c) Maria.
(d) Marcus.
13. What final event leads to Mr. McTeague's demise?
(a) Marcus is dead and Mr. McTeague is handcuffed to him, a certain death sentence.
(b) Marcus kills Mr. McTeague as the two fight over money.
(c) Marcus is dead, and Mr. McTeague tries to run away through the desert with no water, a certain death sentence.
(d) Marcus and Mr. McTeague have no water, a certain death sentence.
14. What do Mr. McTeague and his new companions in Chapter 21 find as they wander through the desert?
(a) A dead body.
(b) An abandoned house.
(c) A spot full of silver.
(d) A spot full of gold.
15. 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.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is most devastating for Trina about her experience with Mr. McTeague?
2. What is the immediate course of action taken by the McTeagues after receipt of the second notice from City Hall?
3. What does Maria do after her baby is born?
4. After Mr. McTeague leaves his new job, where does he end up?
5. Upon entering Maria's apartment to talk, what gruesome discovery does Trina make?
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