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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 is Carrie thinking about during her long train ride?
(a) How to get back to Drouet.
(b) Her fears of what Hurstwood will do with her now.
(c) Becoming an actress in New York.
(d) How Hurstwood tricked her.

2. Why does Hurstwood stop wearing his nice clothes?
(a) He loses all hope of finding work.
(b) He doesn't feel worthy of them.
(c) He doesn't want to waste them.
(d) He does not have the energy.

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

4. Who rekindles a friendship with Carrie after she finds great success on stage?
(a) Hurstwood.
(b) Mrs. Vance.
(c) Lola.
(d) Drouet.

5. How long does it take Hurstwood to learn to drive a trolley?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 1 week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is most exciting to Carrie about her second job in New York?

2. Who comes to Carrie's flat demanding money after Carrie has been working for about a month in New York?

3. How does Hurstwood hear about Carrie's theatrical success?

4. What does Carrie do with the extra money she gets from the raise at her first job in New York?

5. What does Hurstwood do when he returns home day after day without finding another job?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Carrie feel about Mr. Ames when she first meets him?

2. What is so strange about the marriage between Carrie and Hurstwood?

3. How is Carrie finally convinced to leave Hurstwood?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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