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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 do to avoid looking for work?
(a) Sit in hotel lobbies.
(b) Read in the library.
(c) Apply for unemployment checks.
(d) Sit on park benches.

2. By what means does Hurstwood kill himself at the end of the book?
(a) Gas.
(b) Poison.
(c) Jumping off a bridge.
(d) Hanging.

3. What does Carrie envy in the other girls that she works with in her first job in New York?
(a) Their ability to spend their money on clothes.
(b) Their happy and successful relationships.
(c) Their youth and beauty.
(d) Their supportive family and friends.

4. What does Carrie tell Hurstwood to do after a man comes to her flat demanding money?
(a) Fight the man.
(b) Explain how the debt was incurred.
(c) Pay the man.
(d) Get a job.

5. What gives Carrie joy in during her long train ride with Hurstwood?
(a) The thoughts of becoming an actress.
(b) The relief of knowing she doesn't need a job now.
(c) The attention from Hurstwood.
(d) The sights out the window.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Ames feel about acting as a career?

2. What does Carrie spend her entire night doing just before she is supposed to leave town?

3. What does Hurstwood see when he first drives a trolley out in public?

4. Where does Hurstwood decide to take Carrie after hearing back from the resort in Chicago?

5. Where has Hurstwood actually bought train tickets for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Carrie feel less guilt about leaving Hurstwood the way she did?

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

3. What does Hurstwood do after his first two days working as a trolley driver?

4. What condition does Hurstwood find himself in after he is released from the hospital after months of sickness?

5. What causes Hurstwood deep shame while he is at his new job in New York?

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

7. What happens to Hurstwood's daughter at the end of the book?

8. What is Carrie's second job in New York?

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

10. How does Hurstwood expect to be able to afford his rent and food after Carrie finds her first job in New York?

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