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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Zerkow's reaction to Maria's dementia?
(a) Zerkow is neither happy nor unhappy, he continues his business as he has always done, slow and steady.
(b) Zerkow is outraged and resolves to find the treasure, at any cost.
(c) Zerkow is saddened and resolves to help his wife recover.
(d) Zerkow is angered, but loves his wife anyway.

2. What prompts this sudden thrust of courage from Miss Baker to offer Old Grannis tea?
(a) She does not know.
(b) She hears of Mr. McTeague's actions toward his wife.
(c) She is compelled by the news about Maria.
(d) She is convinced that Old Grannis has information that she needs.

3. Where does Mr. McTeague tell Trina he is going as they sit in their new house?
(a) Fishing for the day.
(b) To open up a savings account for his wife's money.
(c) Job hunting for the day.
(d) To visit Marcus.

4. When Mr. McTeague encounters someone in the desert, what is the first question asked of them?
(a) Where the ten thousand dollars is.
(b) Where the gold is.
(c) Where the silver is.
(d) Where the five thousand dollars is.

5. How does Miss Baker and Old Grannis having tea change their relationship?
(a) The two move around the room restlessly.
(b) The two sit together, for the first time, with no wall between them.
(c) Miss Baker is comfortable, but Old Grannis is uncomfortable.
(d) The two immediately separate and go back to their flats.

6. How does Mr. McTeague's relationship with his wife change in chapter 16 after he expresses his feelings about their money?
(a) He becomes more and more abusive.
(b) He becomes more and more emotionally distant.
(c) He becomes less and less abusive.
(d) He becomes more and more loving.

7. In Chapter 14, what does the second City Hall notice say the McTeagues must do?
(a) Take down his gold tooth sign.
(b) Pay the taxes owed.
(c) Move to a larger and separate unit.
(d) Discontinue his dental practice.

8. What animal does Marcus bring with him to the desert?
(a) A mule.
(b) A camel.
(c) A pony.
(d) A horse.

9. Upon the second notice from City Hall, what does Trina suggest that Mr. McTeague do rather than dip into her lottery winnings?
(a) Find something else to do.
(b) Continue to work as a dentist.
(c) Become a plumber.
(d) Leave town immediately.

10. What does Maria do after her baby is born?
(a) Maria falls into gambling, once again.
(b) Maria knits baby clothes as a side job.
(c) Maria falls into dementia.
(d) Maria gets another job.

11. What do Mr. McTeague and his new companions in Chapter 21 find as they wander through the desert?
(a) A spot full of silver.
(b) A dead body.
(c) An abandoned house.
(d) A spot full of gold.

12. What does Mrs. McTeague discover upon her return home from searching for Mr. McTeague in Chapter 18?
(a) Her house has been broken into.
(b) The lock on her trunk, the place where she has hidden her savings, broken and all the money gone.
(c) A note from Mr. McTeague.
(d) The lock on her closet, the place where she has hidden her wedding dress and all her wedding photos, is broken.

13. After Mr. McTeague's departure, what is Trina doing for money?
(a) Trina is a librarian.
(b) Trina is a kindergarten teacher.
(c) Trina is a selling junk for money.
(d) Trina is a begging for money on the street.

14. 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) A hot meal.
(c) Trina to come back to him.
(d) Money and a place to sleep.

15. At first, what does Trina instruct Mr. McTeague to do about the notice from City Hall?
(a) Heed the notice's warning.
(b) Pack up and leave town for good.
(c) Pack up and leave town for a week.
(d) Ignore the notice and continue practicing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do we learn in Chapter 16 about Trina's gruesome discovery?

2. What does Mr. McTeague do at the end of Chapter 20, when he sees someone coming through the darkness toward his room?

3. What event immediately happens to Mr. McTeague after he and his wife move, that causes further tension in the McTeague household?

4. After traveling through unyielding desert heat, encountering rattlesnakes and suffering through bouts of paranoia, whom does Mr. McTeague encounter?

5. What does Marcus decide at the end of Chapter 12?

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