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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After their water supply is destroyed, what do Marcus and Mr. McTeague do while stranded in the desert?
(a) They head back toward home and resolve their differences.
(b) They argue over money.
(c) They argue about the heat.
(d) They argue over the spilled water.

2. Where do the McTeagues move in Chapter 18?
(a) Zerkow's old house.
(b) Old Grannis's old house.
(c) Marcus's old house.
(d) The Sieppes' old house.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 15, McTeague is fortunate to find a new job with what type of company?
(a) A company that makes toys.
(b) A company that manufactures dental implements.
(c) A company that exports furniture.
(d) A company that manufactures car parts.

4. What is the state of Maria's baby's health when it is born?
(a) Fused hands and feet.
(b) Healthy.
(c) It has breathing problems.
(d) Unhealthy.

5. After traveling through unyielding desert heat, encountering rattlesnakes and suffering through bouts of paranoia, whom does Mr. McTeague encounter?
(a) Trina's ghost.
(b) Marcus.
(c) The "Other Dentist."
(d) Trina's father.

6. How long after Trina's picnic are Maria and Zerkow married?
(a) One day.
(b) One month.
(c) One week.
(d) One year.

7. After Mr. McTeague leaves Trina for good, In what location does he find a job?
(a) In the "Other Dentist's" office.
(b) The Big Dipper Mine.
(c) A dental machinery plant.
(d) An oil field.

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

9. While in the dessert, what does Mr. McTeague resolve to do?
(a) To turn himself in to the authorities.
(b) To run from his wife's ghost.
(c) To leave his gold fortune behind.
(d) To stay on the run from the authorities.

10. Upon entering Maria's apartment to talk, what gruesome discovery does Trina make?
(a) Maria is dead.
(b) Zerkow is dead.
(c) Maria's child is dead.
(d) Zerkow and Maria dead.

11. What do Mr. McTeague and his companions believe about their big find in the desert?
(a) They will be robbed.
(b) They will have good luck.
(c) They will have bad luck.
(d) They will make a fortune in gold.

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

13. What does Trina tell Mr. McTeague to do after something happens at his job in Chapter 15?
(a) She tells him to sit down and she will make him a drink.
(b) She gives him money to go buy groceries.
(c) She makes him tell the neighbors that he has been fired.
(d) She sends him out in the cold rain to get another job.

14. As the McTeague's pack up to move, what are five ethings Mr. McTeague refuses to part with?
(a) A drill, his mother's painting, the pet mouse, its cage, and the Victrola.
(b) A desk, his stone collection, the pet rat, its cage, and the concertina.
(c) A wood engraving, a stone calico cat, tje parrot, its cage, and an easy chair.
(d) A steel engraving, a stone pug dog, the canary, its cage, and his concertina.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Marcus and Mr. McTeague decide to do with no water in the middle of the desert?

3. What do the police discover that Zerkow is holding as they search for him?

4. As the McTeagues pack up to move, what personal item does the "Other Dentist" make an offer for?

5. What final event leads to Mr. McTeague's demise?

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