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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. What does Carrie decide to do with the money Drouet gave her when she meets him the next day?
(a) Buy her niece a coat.
(b) Buy a train ticket.
(c) Return it.
(d) Buy Drouet lunch.

2. What kind of seat does Hurstwood purchase for himself at the play?
(a) Front row.
(b) Box seat.
(c) He does not buy a seat.
(d) Balcony.

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

4. Who is Mrs. Hurstwood more interested in than her husband?
(a) Her friends at the country club.
(b) Her children.
(c) Her secret lover.
(d) Her neighbors.

5. How does Hurstwood pay for the train tickets to New York?
(a) He uses Drouet's money.
(b) He has stolen money from work.
(c) He pawns his watch.
(d) He writes a bad check.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Carrie afraid to leave the situation with Drouet even though she knows that it compromises her moral virtue?

2. Why does Hurstwood worry that Carrie will not run away with him now?

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

4. How does Carrie tell her sister that she is moving out of her house?

5. Why does Hurstwood not want to divorce his wife even though he loves Carrie?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hurstwood react when Drouet tells him about the play being put on by his group?

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

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

4. Why was Carrie offered a job at a department store during the slow season?

5. What new feeling does Hurstwood have when he takes Drouet and Carrie to dinner after the play?

6. What kind of woman does Drouet tell Carrie he would rather be with as their relationship begins to change?

7. What secrets have Carrie and Hurstwood been keeping from each other during their affair?

8. What unexpected news does Drouet hear from a maid the morning after Carrie's success in the Masons' play?

9. How does Carrie's sister respond to the news that Carrie has moved out of her house?

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

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