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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Carrie tells Drouet that Hurstwood visited her how many times when they began their affair while Drouet was away on his business trip?
(a) Three Times.
(b) Once.
(c) Four times.
(d) Twice.

5. 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 rights to the plays she wrote with Drouet.
(c) Half of Drouet's estate.
(d) The residual money from Drouet's work with the Masons.

6. Where is Carrie told she must go to pursue her chosen line of work?
(a) College.
(b) New York.
(c) The theater district.
(d) San Francisco.

7. What does Hurstwood do to help calm Carrie's nerves on stage?
(a) Sends a note of love to her.
(b) Tells Drouet to go to her and speak encouraging words.
(c) Throws flowers on stage.
(d) Cheers with much enthusiasm.

8. What group does Drouet join just after Carrie's affair with Hurstwood begins?
(a) The Masons.
(b) The Elk Lodge.
(c) The Racing Club.
(d) The Rowing Team.

9. How did Hurstwood leave himself open to be sued for divorce?
(a) He did not meet with his wife to make reconciliation.
(b) He ignored the letters of the lawyers.
(c) He was unfaithful to his wife.
(d) He quit his job and ignored the letters from the police.

10. How much rent is Carrie expected to pay for staying with her sister?
(a) $1.40 a month.
(b) $4 a month.
(c) $14 a month.
(d) $40 a month.

11. What reason does Hurstwood give his friends for his wife's absence at the play?
(a) She does not like theater.
(b) She is sick.
(c) She is visiting relatives.
(d) Their daughter is sick.

12. What does Drouet discuss with Carrie the morning after her success in the play?
(a) Marriage.
(b) His finances.
(c) A vacation.
(d) His suspicion about Hurstwood.

13. How do Carrie and Hurstwood decide to communicate in order to keep their affair secret from Drouet?
(a) Phone calls.
(b) Private messenger.
(c) Mail.
(d) Telegraphs.

14. What does Mr. Hurstwood do with Carrie the first time he visits her while Drouet is away?
(a) Teaches her a card game.
(b) Takes her to the theater.
(c) Buys her a new outfit.
(d) Takes her to the fanciest restaurant in town.

15. What does Hurstwood find his wife has done when he returns to his house to talk with her the day after he stormed out?
(a) Filed for divorce.
(b) Changed the locks.
(c) Put the house up for sale.
(d) Gone on vacation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Carrie told she is lacking as she tries to find a job in Chicago?

2. What does Drouet start doing that changes the way Carrie feels about him?

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

4. What allows Carrie to do so well after the third act of the play?

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

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