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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 angered, but loves his wife anyway.
(d) Zerkow is saddened and resolves to help his wife recover.

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

4. What are Trina's feelings about Mr. McTeague's notice from City Hall?
(a) Trina is furious with Zerkow and his efforts to derail the McTeague's business.
(b) Trina is thrilled that her husband is being commended for his work.
(c) Trina is afraid of what may become of herself and her husband if McTeague stops practicing.
(d) Trina is afraid of the mob and their ties to Marcus's gambling debts.

5. What do we learn in Chapter 16 about Trina's gruesome discovery?
(a) Zerkow has been murdered.
(b) Maria's child has had an accident.
(c) Maria has killed herself.
(d) Maria has been murdered.

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

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

8. Why do the McTeague's choose to move to someone else's home?
(a) To redo the house.
(b) To help Trina's parents.
(c) To shorten McTeague's commute.
(d) To save money.

9. What do Marcus and Mr. McTeague decide to do with no water in the middle of the desert?
(a) To get water from a cactus.
(b) To run after the animal.
(c) To shoot the animal, taking care not to shot through the canteen.
(d) To search for a desert oasis for water.

10. Under what name does Mr. McTeague work at his new job?
(a) Burlingame.
(b) Belton.
(c) Burlington.
(d) Beauregard.

11. What does Marcus decide at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) To buy a house San Francisco.
(b) To ask Augustine to go with him to San Francisco.
(c) To stay in San Francisco.
(d) To leave San Francisco.

12. After Mr. McTeague leaves his new job, where does he end up?
(a) Robbing tents with a couple of robbers.
(b) Prospecting with a couple of miners.
(c) Gambling with a couple of men.
(d) Driving a stage coach.

13. Who does Mr. McTeague get angry with when he returns from an unsuccessful job hunt?
(a) His wife.
(b) Marcus.
(c) Zerkow.
(d) "Other Dentist."

14. What is an unfortunate side-effect of Maria's short-lived dementia?
(a) She must be hospitalized.
(b) She goes insane.
(c) She cannot remember the baby's name.
(d) She has no recollection of the story she has recounted dozens of times.

15. What does the story of Old Grannis and Miss Baker relationship offer in the book?
(a) A release from the ugliness of the rest of the novel.
(b) A stark contrast between the sexes.
(c) A historical perspecitive of older people.
(d) A silly, maudlin view of life in that era.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Mr. McTeague leaves Trina for good, In what location does he find a job?

2. When Mr. McTeague does return in Chapter 19, what does he demand of Trina?

3. After their water supply is destroyed, what do Marcus and Mr. McTeague do while stranded in the desert?

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

5. Upon the second notice from City Hall, what does Trina suggest that Mr. McTeague do rather than dip into her lottery winnings?

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