View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Carrie unable to pay the person who comes to her flat demanding money?
(a) She knows nothing of this debt.
(b) The sum is too high.
(c) She has just paid her rent.
(d) She does not get her next paycheck for 3 more days.

2. How does Carrie feel while chatting with her surprise visitor at the height of her success?
(a) Uncomfortable.
(b) Happy.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Confused.

3. How does Hurstwood feel about the angry strikers at the trolley station?
(a) Scared.
(b) Amused.
(c) Confused.
(d) Angry.

4. How does Carrie feel about finding her first job in New York?
(a) Proud.
(b) Ecstatic.
(c) Scared.
(d) Angry.

5. What does Carrie spend her entire night doing just before she is supposed to leave town?
(a) Packing her bags.
(b) Writing a letter.
(c) Talking to Mr. Ames.
(d) Rehearsing.

6. What is Drouet doing at the end of the book?
(a) Trying to woo Carrie.
(b) Opening a new club.
(c) Seducing pretty girls.
(d) Directing a play.

7. How does Carrie feel about being the breadwinner at her home now?
(a) Proud.
(b) Angry.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Happy.

8. How does Mr. Ames feel about acting as a career?
(a) It is a very respectable career.
(b) It takes talent and ambition.
(c) It is for shallow women with no prospects.
(d) It is a tawdry profession for women with no values.

9. What helps Carrie to forget about Hurstwood after she moves out of his flat?
(a) A new love interest.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Her ability to buy fine things.
(d) Her career.

10. How much does Hurstwood have to pay for interest in a bar?
(a) $100.
(b) $1000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $10.

11. What does Carrie decide to do when she hears that their savings is almost gone?
(a) Move in with Mrs. Vance.
(b) Divorce Hurstwood.
(c) Go back to Chicago.
(d) Find a job.

12. Where does Hurstwood choose to spend the night after his first day at work as a trolley driver?
(a) A trolley terminal.
(b) A hotel lobby.
(c) The train station.
(d) The park.

13. What does Carrie enjoy most about her new success in the theater?
(a) The money.
(b) The freedom.
(c) The benefits.
(d) The fame.

14. What does Carrie do one night during her show that gets a good laugh from the audience?
(a) Ad libs.
(b) Sings.
(c) Falls over.
(d) Tells a joke.

15. How does Carrie feel about the couple that moves in to the flat across the hall from her and Hurstwood?
(a) She is excited to make new friends.
(b) She is afraid they will recognize her.
(c) She is embarrassed to be seen with them.
(d) She thinks they are flaunting their happiness to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hurstwood find out about some job openings after a man comes to his flat demanding money?

2. What does Carrie learn about during her dinner with the surprise visitor during the height of her success?

3. What is Carrie ashamed to tell Mrs. Vance when they run into each other on the street one day after Hurstwood loses his job?

4. Where does Hurstwood find free bread after being released from the hospital?

5. What does Hurstwood discourage Carrie from doing after they are married and in a new apartment?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 561 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample