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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 Hurstwood sell when Carrie moves out of his flat?
(a) The furniture.
(b) All the pictures he has of her.
(c) The clothes she has left.
(d) The kitchen utensils.

2. Who does Carrie go to live when she decides to leave Hurstwood?
(a) Lola.
(b) Mrs. Vance.
(c) Her new manager.
(d) Drouet.

3. Why does Hurstwood want to move himself and Carrie into a flat smaller than the first one they have rented?
(a) He wants to have more money to gamble.
(b) He wants to live closer to his place of work.
(c) He wants to save money to buy his own club.
(d) He wants to move Carrie away from the Vances.

4. What happens after Hurstwood moves Carrie to a smaller flat?
(a) His partnership dissolves.
(b) He is arrested.
(c) Carrie threatens to leave him.
(d) He loses his job.

5. How does Hurstwood find out about some job openings after a man comes to his flat demanding money?
(a) In the newspaper.
(b) From Carrie.
(c) From a friend.
(d) From his old partner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Carrie preparing to go when she almost turns down an invitation to Mrs. Vance's house?

2. How does Carrie feel about the couple that moves in to the flat across the hall from her and Hurstwood?

3. What causes Carrie to change her mind about turning down an invitation to a party at Mrs. Vance's house?

4. What causes Carrie to get a large contract with the opera house?

5. Where does Hurstwood decide to look for a job after someone comes to his flat demanding a bill be paid?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Carrie do after work to keep from having to go back to her flat?

2. Why does Carrie say she does not date after finding so much success on stage?

3. What is Carrie doing at the end of the book?

4. While looking for an acting job in New York, what does Carrie learn she must have in order to succeed?

5. What shocking news does Hurstwood tell Carrie as they are fighting about his lack of a job?

6. How is Carrie finally convinced to leave Hurstwood?

7. What does Hurstwood do to help reduce costs when he stops looking for work?

8. What happens when Carrie is given a silent role in a play?

9. How does Hurstwood get a warm bed for the night when he is released from the hospital?

10. What awakens Carrie's desires to have the luxuries of life just after she is married to Hurstwood?

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