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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 does Will tell Lily Dale to tell the young man?
(a) That he'll pay him $10,000 to leave.
(b) That he'll pay him $100,000 to leave.
(c) To go away and leave them alone.
(d) That he'll pay him $5,000 to leave.

2. Why is Will going to the bank?
(a) To talk about getting a loan for a new business.
(b) To apply for a job.
(c) To rob the joint.
(d) To withdraw all of his money.

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

4. Upon discovering Lily Dale has gone downtown, what does Will guess she is doing?
(a) Going to church.
(b) Getting ice cream.
(c) Giving money to the young man from Atlanta.
(d) Getting her hair done.

5. What does the man at the bank say about Will's proposal?
(a) The man says Will has been a poor customer and is therefore unworthy of a loan.
(b) The man says now is not a good time to start a new business.
(c) The man says now is a good time to start a new business.
(d) The man says he has never heard of any proposal so foolish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only Bill that Will cares to know about?

2. How does Lily Dale propose to help out financially?

3. Where does Carson say he used to go every night when he lived with Bill?

4. What is Pete now in favor of despite a lifetime of opposition to it?

5. Pete says Carson reminds him of whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lily Dale's meeting with Etta Doris.

2. What does Lily Dale initially confess to doing with Mary Cunningham?

3. How does Etta Doris describe Bill?

4. After recounting his meeting at the bank, Will lies down on the sofa and closes his eyes. How is he interrupted?

5. How does Pete describe his late wife's cooking habits?

6. Who delivers a message from the young man from Atlanta?

7. Why does Lily Dale no longer see Mary Cunningham?

8. What holds up Pete and Carson momentarily as they are leaving for Atlanta?

9. What does the young man from Atlanta say when Lily Dale tells him what Carson said about him?

10. What does Clara find out for Lily Dale about the Disappointment Clubs?

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