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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Carrie told she is lacking as she tries to find a job in Chicago?
(a) Age.
(b) Experience.
(c) Connections.
(d) Strength.

2. What does Hurstwood do after Drouet is caught with another woman?
(a) Takes Drouet and Carrie out to the theater.
(b) Promises Drouet not to tell anyone about the other woman.
(c) Elopes with Carrie.
(d) Tells Carrie about the other woman.

3. What does Hurstwood say he must do when he hears about the play being put on by Drouet's group?
(a) Shut down Drouet's group.
(b) Get Carrie out of Chicago.
(c) Attend the play.
(d) Keep Carrie from attending.

4. What does Drouet start doing that changes the way Carrie feels about him?
(a) Speaking ill of Hurstwood.
(b) Comparing her to finer women.
(c) Drinking excessively.
(d) Spending nights away from home.

5. What does Carrie plan to do with her salary when she does find a job?
(a) Send it home to her family.
(b) Spend it on clothes.
(c) Save it in a bank.
(d) Pay her rent.

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

7. 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 greedy and vindictive.
(c) He is nosey.
(d) He is loud.

8. How does Carrie tell her sister that she is moving out of her house?
(a) She leaves a note.
(b) She calls on the phone.
(c) She tells her in person.
(d) She sends a telegraph.

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

10. Why does Mr. Hurstwood refuse to help his wife show some of their friends around town one night?
(a) He does not feel like talking to people he does not like.
(b) He has to work.
(c) He hates being around his wife for longer than an hour at a time.
(d) He is too busy.

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

12. What does Drouet talk to Hurstwood about the night after he meets Carrie?
(a) Women.
(b) Business.
(c) Carrie.
(d) Books.

13. How does Mrs. Hurstwood find out about her husband's affair with Carrie?
(a) Hurstwood tells her himself.
(b) She sees them together.
(c) Comments from her neighbors.
(d) Drouet tells her about it.

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

15. Who catches Drouet with another woman?
(a) Hurstwood.
(b) Carrie.
(c) Mrs. Hurstwood.
(d) Carrie's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Drouet beg Carrie not to move out of his apartment?

2. What does Carrie think about the men she works with at her first job in Chicago?

3. Where does Carrie live before the book begins?

4. What does Drouet do on his business trips that is revolting to Carrie?

5. What does Carrie decide she must do in case Drouet does not choose to come back to her?

(see the answer keys)

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