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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Will respond to Pete's news about his savings?
(a) Will says he'll bluff his way through the bank meeting.
(b) Will says he has nothing to live for and storms out.
(c) Will strikes Lily Dale.
(d) Will says Pete is a good for nothing.

2. What does Pete say before he and Carson leave?
(a) Maybe they shouldn't leave until Lily Dale gets back.
(b) He'll miss Will.
(c) He'll write often.
(d) Maybe they should hurry up before Lily Dale gets back.

3. What is the first thing Will says to Etta Doris?
(a) Will says, "welcome home!"
(b) Will says he's thrilled to see her.
(c) Will tells her to get out.
(d) Will says he doesn't remember her.

4. What does Etta Doris say it seems is happening to all the old buildings in Houston?
(a) The buildings are falling apart.
(b) The buildings are being torn down.
(c) The buildings are being restored.
(d) The buildings are being burned.

5. What does Will ask Pete for?
(a) Will asks Pete for a ride to the bank.
(b) Will asks Pete for his savings to show the bank he has cash on hand.
(c) Will asks Pete to stay in Houston.
(d) Will asks Pete to keep an eye on Lily Dale.

6. When Pete asks if Will wants to eat, what does Will say?
(a) Will says he'll eat later.
(b) Will says he will only throw the food up.
(c) Will says he's starving.
(d) Will says his stomach hurts.

7. Pete is loaning $5,000 to whom?
(a) Carson's daughter.
(b) Carson's mother.
(c) Carson's sister.
(d) Carson's cousin.

8. What does Etta Doris say about Will and Lily Dale's new house?
(a) She says the house looks like Eleanor Roosevelt's.
(b) She says the couple must be prospering if they are living in such a nice house.
(c) She says the house is too "yellow."
(d) She says she likes the one on Hawthorne better.

9. What does Will ask Carson to do before he and Pete leave?
(a) Lock the door behind him.
(b) Run to the grocery store.
(c) Help him back to his room.
(d) Run to the ice cream parlor.

10. Where is the young man as of Lily Dale's conversation with Clara?
(a) The young man is in the study.
(b) The young man is in Lily Dale's car.
(c) The young man is at the YMCA.
(d) The young man is in the parlor.

11. What does Will tell Ted about accepting a job at Sunshine with less responsibility?
(a) Will says he may come in to the office and discuss it when he's feeling stronger.
(b) Will ignores Ted entirely.
(c) Will weepingly accepts Ted's offer.
(d) Will tells Ted to take his proposal and stuff it.

12. What does Lily Dale say when Will tells her the young man from Atlanta is a liar?
(a) Lily Dale says that may be but she needed comforting.
(b) Lily Dale says she knows now and is sorry.
(c) Lily Dale says the young man is no more a liar than Will.
(d) Lily Dale says Will is wrong.

13. What kind of grades does Etta Doris say Bill made?
(a) Mixed grades.
(b) Average grades.
(c) Poor grades.
(d) Good grades.

14. Why does Will refuse to speak to the young man from Atlanta?
(a) There are things Will would have to ask him, and he doesn't want to know the answers.
(b) Will doesn't like the way he looks.
(c) Will is embarrased that Lily Dale has given him so much money.
(d) Will refuses to dignify con artists.

15. How does Will excuse himself from his meeting with Etta Doris?
(a) Will says he is feeling nauseous.
(b) Will says he is feeling tired.
(c) Will says he is dizzy.
(d) Will says Etta Doris is boring him to tears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lily Dale ask Pete when Will leaves to get dressed for his trip to the bank?

2. How long does Carson say he has been driving?

3. How does Will describe the man at the bank's manner?

4. How long does Lily Dale say Etta Doris worked for them?

5. What does Etta Doris say Will was bound and determined to do with his son?

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