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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What worries Hurstwood the most as he waits for a response from his wife after being locked out of his house?
(a) His reputation among his friends.
(b) The possible loss of his employment.
(c) The ownership of his house.
(d) Carrie's silence.

4. How does Carrie show Hurstwood that she loves him?
(a) She tells him.
(b) She blushes and cries.
(c) She kisses him.
(d) She embraces him.

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

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

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

8. What does Mrs. Hurstwood ask her husband to get for her shortly after his affair with Carrie begins?
(a) Season tickets to the horse races.
(b) A carriage.
(c) A new spring wardrobe.
(d) A guided tour of Europe in the summer.

9. What does Carrie's first job in Chicago entail?
(a) Plucking chickens.
(b) Cleaning shelves.
(c) Sewing hats.
(d) Punching holes in leather.

10. 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) Get an apartment together.
(c) Run away together.
(d) Stop seeing each other.

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

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

13. Why does Carrie tell Hurstwood she would have to leave Chicago if she were to leave Drouet?
(a) She would be afraid he would find them.
(b) She would not want to be reminded of him.
(c) She would want a new start with a new love.
(d) She would feel too guilty if she saw him on the street.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Carrie trying to emulate as her relationship with Drouet begins to change?

2. Where is the first place in Chicago that Carrie goes to find work?

3. How do Carrie and Hurstwood decide to communicate in order to keep their affair secret from Drouet?

4. What kind of seat does Hurstwood purchase for himself at the play?

5. What brings Charles Drouet the greatest joy in the world?

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