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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. The passenger who joined the narrator was said to have "an educated taste for" (4) what?
(a) Women.
(b) Tea.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Wine.

2. Why did the narrator move from the office to the press-room?
(a) It was cooler.
(b) It was bigger.
(c) It was brighter.
(d) It was darker.

3. Carnehan tells the narrator that he and Dravot had seen what sign of life within the newspaper office?
(a) A shadow.
(b) A fire.
(c) A flash.
(d) A light.

4. On what did Carnehan want to spend his only remaining money?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Lunch.
(c) Tea.
(d) Breakfast.

5. What kind of night was it on the evening when the narrator met Carnehan and Dravot for the second time?
(a) Cool.
(b) Rainy.
(c) Moonlit.
(d) Warm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Backwoodsman?

2. At what time of the morning did the narrator take his leave of Dravot and Carnehan?

3. The narrator told Darvot and Carnehan that the country to which the two men were headed was full of what kind of people?

4. The narrator told Carnehan on the train that he should not engage in what type of crime within the next few days?

5. In what section of the train was the narrator traveling?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the narrator show altruistic feelings toward the man in the Intermediate car?

2. What is the Existential viewpoint set forth in the epigraph?

3. Compare and contrast the narrator with the "huge" (3) man who joins him along the first leg of his journey.

4. What is ironic about Dravot and Carnehan's choice to escape a particular aspect of society by going elsewhere?

5. In what way does the theme of ambition arise within the scene in the newspaper office when the narrator, Carnehan, and Dravot meet together?

6. In what setting does the opening scene of the narrator's story occur?

7. What evidence exists to suggest that the narrator has become stuck in a rut since his last meeting with Carnehan?

8. What is the narrator's reward for delivering the requested message?

9. Provide a brief feminist analysis of the text up to this point.

10. The narrator states that "Native States were created by Providence" (8) for what three reasons?

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