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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carrie decide she must do in case Drouet does not choose to come back to her?
(a) Find a job.
(b) Move back in with her sister.
(c) Make amends with Hurstwood.
(d) Find another gentleman lover.

2. What does Hurstwood tell his friends to do when they go to the play put on by Drouet's group?
(a) Wear formal attire.
(b) Leave half way through.
(c) Boo the whole time.
(d) Cheer for Carrie.

3. How do Carrie and Drouet spend their nights after Carrie moves out of her sister's house?
(a) Going out on the town.
(b) Looking for a job for Carrie.
(c) Attending lavish parties.
(d) Talking quietly in Carrie's new apartment.

4. What causes Carrie to lose her first job in Chicago?
(a) Starting a fight with her co-workers.
(b) A cold.
(c) Her lack of experience.
(d) Her slow pace.

5. What allows Carrie to do so well after the third act of the play?
(a) The attention from her two lovers.
(b) The cheers of the crowd.
(c) The note sent by Hurstwood.
(d) Her joy of acting.

6. Who is Mrs. Hurstwood more interested in than her husband?
(a) Her secret lover.
(b) Her neighbors.
(c) Her friends at the country club.
(d) Her children.

7. Where is the first place in Chicago that Carrie goes to find work?
(a) The industrial district.
(b) A millinery.
(c) The wholesale district.
(d) The railroad.

8. What does Carrie do with Mrs. Hale that makes her very depressed?
(a) Sees Drouet at dinner with another woman.
(b) Goes to a very sad play.
(c) Speaks about all the things they wish they had.
(d) Goes on a carriage ride through a luxurious area of town.

9. What about Hanson does Carrie not like at all when she first lives with him and her sister?
(a) He is cold and quiet.
(b) He is nosey.
(c) He is loud.
(d) He is greedy and vindictive.

10. Why does Hurstwood decide to send his wife the money she needs to go on vacation?
(a) It will give him a chance to run away with Carrie.
(b) It will quiet her while she is away.
(c) It will give him a few weeks to make a plan.
(d) It will give him some leverage in a divorce.

11. Why does Carrie not allow Drouet to walk her to the train platform?
(a) She is in a hurry.
(b) She wants to appear independent.
(c) It would not be proper.
(d) She does not want her sister to see him.

12. Where does Hurstwood stay after storming out of his house after his wife's accusation of his affair?
(a) The Plaza.
(b) The Palmer House.
(c) Carrie's apartment.
(d) The resort where he works.

13. What does Carrie find has happened in her apartment when she returns from looking for work?
(a) She has been robbed.
(b) She is being evicted.
(c) Drouet has retrieved the rest of his things.
(d) Hurstwood is there waiting.

14. What would Carrie have had to her name had she decided to leave Drouet as planned?
(a) The clothes on her back and a few dollars.
(b) The residual money from Drouet's work with the Masons.
(c) The rights to the plays she wrote with Drouet.
(d) Half of Drouet's estate.

15. What does Hurstwood do when Carrie suspects Hurstwood's motives for getting her on the train?
(a) Gives her some money.
(b) Lies about Drouet.
(c) Begs her to stay with him.
(d) Promises to make her a big star in New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Carrie feel she can no longer trust Hurstwood after her confrontation with Drouet about her affair?

2. How does Carrie show Hurstwood that she loves him?

3. Why does Carrie's sister insist she keep her horrible job?

4. How does Hurstwood pay for the train tickets to New York?

5. What does Sven spend most of his spare time doing when Carrie first stays with him and her sister?

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