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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mr. Hurstwood work at the beginning of the book?
(a) A resort and bar.
(b) A country club.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A hotel.

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

3. 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) Tells Carrie about the other woman.
(d) Elopes with Carrie.

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

5. What keeps Carrie from finding a job when she first starts looking for one in Chicago?
(a) Her youth.
(b) Her recent sickness.
(c) Her shyness.
(d) Her lack of skills.

6. Why does Hurstwood stay in his loveless marriage?
(a) He loves his children.
(b) He would feel too guilty to leave.
(c) A divorce would be expensive.
(d) He feels the image is important.

7. How does Drouet find out about Carrie's affair with Hurstwood?
(a) Mrs. Hurstwood tells him.
(b) Hurstwood tells him.
(c) A maid tells him.
(d) He sees them in the park.

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

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

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

11. How does Mrs. Hurstwood spend her day?
(a) Reading.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Gossiping.
(d) Shopping.

12. Why does Hurstwood not want to divorce his wife even though he loves Carrie?
(a) It would be too expensive.
(b) He wants to avoid a scandal.
(c) He knows most of his money would go to his family.
(d) He is afraid of his wife.

13. Why does Carrie not buy a jacket with the money Drouet gave her?
(a) She wants to repay her sister for missed rent.
(b) She does not want her sister to ask where she got the money.
(c) She wants to buy something else.
(d) She wants to save it for a nicer coat.

14. What surprising news does Drouet tell Carrie about Hurstwood when he confronts her about their affair together?
(a) Hurstwood is married.
(b) Hurstwood has been in cahoots with him all along.
(c) Hurstwood has many girlfriends.
(d) Hurstwood has a grave illness.

15. What does Hurstwood suggest to Carrie that they do the day after her success in the play?
(a) Enroll her in a school for actors.
(b) Stop seeing each other.
(c) Run away together.
(d) Get an apartment together.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Carrie do with Mrs. Hale that makes her very depressed?

3. How does Mrs. Hurstwood find out about her husband's affair with Carrie?

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

5. What does Hurstwood say he will do after discussing his affair with his wife?

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