The Winter of Our Discontent Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Winter of Our Discontent Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the item that the sleepwalker touched feel when Ethan touched it?
(a) Warm.
(b) Cold.
(c) Secure.
(d) Brittle.

2. What is the name of Ethan's home town?
(a) New Baytown.
(b) New Brunswick.
(c) New Threshtown.
(d) New Thornton.

3. Where do Ethan's kids go after their dinner with Margie?
(a) A school play.
(b) The church.
(c) The movies.
(d) The attic.

4. Which of the following questionable things are good men in the town NOT doing?
(a) Fixing tickets.
(b) Buying land with privileged information.
(c) Selling bad produce.
(d) Inflating prices.

5. Whose advice caused Ethan's family to lose their property?
(a) Baker's.
(b) Joey's.
(c) Danny's.
(d) Flynn's.

6. Which of the following is NOT part of the prize for winning the contest?
(a) Going on TV.
(b) A cash prize.
(c) Meeting the President.
(d) Free college tuition.

7. What month will Mary's fortune about Ethan take place?
(a) August.
(b) February.
(c) January.
(d) July.

8. What does Ethan say is filling the country at this time?
(a) Discontent.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Pride.

9. What does Ethan tell his wife when he comes home from work at the beginning of the book?
(a) They need to talk.
(b) He is too tired to talk.
(c) They are going away.
(d) He has a lot to tell her.

10. Who taught Ethan most of what he knows about religion?
(a) His mother.
(b) Aunt Deborah.
(c) His wife.
(d) Grandma Lois.

11. Why does Morphy think Ethan should open a store?
(a) The people all like him.
(b) He has the money saved up.
(c) Marullo will not give him a raise.
(d) He knows the business inside and out.

12. What is Ethan's wife cooking for dinner the day before Easter?
(a) Pot roast.
(b) Lamb chops.
(c) Pork chops.
(d) Chicken.

13. Where does Baker want Ethan to get the money for an investment?
(a) A bribe from Biggers.
(b) His house deed.
(c) Mary's inheritance.
(d) The grocery store.

14. What holiday is being celebrated at the beginning of the book?
(a) Good Friday.
(b) Lent.
(c) Hanukkah.
(d) Passover.

15. What is Ethan's last name?
(a) Hawley.
(b) Hannigan.
(c) Howard.
(d) Haroldson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Ethan offer to Allen?

2. What was Ethan's home town built on its wealth of?

3. Who does Ethan call after he closes he store at the beginning of Part Two?

4. What does Allen say he wants to be when he grows up at the beginning of Part Two?

5. Who used to own the place where Ethan works?

(see the answer keys)

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