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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 find has happened in her apartment when she returns from looking for work?
(a) Drouet has retrieved the rest of his things.
(b) She has been robbed.
(c) Hurstwood is there waiting.
(d) She is being evicted.

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

3. 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.

4. Why does Carrie's sister insist she keep her horrible job?
(a) She wants Carrie out of the house during the day.
(b) Her husband has just lost his job.
(c) They need the money.
(d) She does not want Carrie to be a quitter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hurstwood tell her husband that she expects from him during his affair?

2. Where does Carrie live before the book begins?

3. What does Carrie decide she must do in case Drouet does not choose to come back to her?

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

5. How does Hurstwood pay for the train tickets to New York?

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. What excuse does Drouet give when Hurstwood finds him at lunch with a woman other than Carrie?

3. What does Carrie tell Hurstwood he must do if he wants her to leave Drouet and be with him?

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

5. How does Carrie view her relationship with Drouet after she has lived with him for a little while?

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

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

8. Why does Drouet call Carrie by another name when he is with the Masons?

9. What is Carrie's first impression of her co-workers at the shoe factory?

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

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