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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. Where does Margie offer to take the kids so Ethan and Mary can be alone?
(a) Her house.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) New Brunswick.
(d) New York.

2. How many items does Ethan buy to celebrate while on vacation?
(a) 75.
(b) 25.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

3. Who does Baker think should run for town manager?
(a) Ethan.
(b) Margie.
(c) Baker.
(d) Mary.

4. Why does Ethan refuse to run for town manager?
(a) The role is meaningless.
(b) It would be a conflict of interest.
(c) He does not have the money.
(d) Politicians are manipulated.

5. How does Margie get money without having a job?
(a) She had a large inheritance.
(b) She lives on credit.
(c) She receives alimony.
(d) She has men pay her way.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Allen's speech being discredited?

2. Who is the only person who Ethan thinks might know what he has started?

3. Who is the first person in the bank to offer condolences for Danny's death?

4. Why does Ethan talk to everybody he sees while sweeping the sidewalk?

5. What causes Ethan to abort his robbery plan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ethan plan to do in his special place at the end of the book, and why?

2. What did Ethan plan to do to make people believe he was in the bathroom during the robbery?

3. What big event does Ethan plan to do on July 1st and why?

4. What does Margie say to Ethan while he is on a walk after Allen's party?

5. What does Margie offer to do for Ethan and Mary on the day Ethan learns he now owns the store?

6. What did one of Ethan's fellow officers do to concentrate on the war?

7. What does Joey say that shows Ethan his bank robbery might have failed?

8. What does Margie realize when she flirts with Ethan about paying her for the fortune she read for Mary?

9. Why does Ethan say he does not want to run for the town manager's office?

10. What does Ethan do when Biggers comes into the store for the first time after Ethan owns it?

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