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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Carrie trying to emulate as her relationship with Drouet begins to change?
(a) Her sister.
(b) The fine ladies that Drouet fancies.
(c) A lady across the hall.
(d) Mrs. Hurstwood.

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

3. What does Carrie think about the men she works with at her first job in Chicago?
(a) They are kind and selfless.
(b) They are coarse and unrefined.
(c) They are big and brawny.
(d) They are strange and distant.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hurstwood say he must do when he hears about the play being put on by Drouet's group?

3. What keeps Carrie from finding a job when she first starts looking for one in Chicago?

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

5. Where do Carrie and Hurstwood usually have their secret meetings?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Carrie told to look for a job after being turned down twice on her first day of searching for employment in Chicago?

2. Why does Sven retire to bed so early every night?

3. What does Hurstwood tell his friends to expect from the play put on by the Masons?

4. What causes Carrie to suspect Hurstwood's motives in getting her on the train to New York?

5. Why is Carrie so afraid to go back to her sister's house after Drouet buys her some winter things?

6. How does Hurstwood treat Drouet when he comes to the resort after his business trip during which Hurstwood's and Carrie's affair began?

7. What does Hurstwood continually ask Carrie about when they meet together on the morning after her success in the play?

8. What keeps Hurstwood from openly having an affair?

9. What does Hurstwood receive in the mail that lets him know his life is about to change dramatically?

10. What does Drouet offer Carrie when he sees her on the street a few weeks after first meeting her on the train?

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