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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the stranger say he used to be?
(a) A con artist.
(b) A bank manager.
(c) An alcoholic.
(d) A gambler.

2. What does Mr. Richards want to do with the money?
(a) Put it in the bank.
(b) Bury it.
(c) Burn it.
(d) Throw it in the sea.

3. Who does Mrs. Richard call Mr. Richards' friend?
(a) The stranger.
(b) Reverend Burgess.
(c) Mr. Harkness.
(d) Barclay Gordon.

4. What did the residents of Hadleyburg keep out of the way of young people?
(a) Temptations.
(b) Television.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Theater.

5. Who is Mrs. Richards worried will come at any moment?
(a) The stranger.
(b) Her husband.
(c) A burglar.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Richards say he and is wife should remember?

2. What does the narrator say Hadleyburg is known to most Americans as?

3. What does the sack contain?

4. Why did Mr. Richards decide against saving the Reverend Burgess?

5. How does the narrator describe the sides of the sack?

(see the answer key)

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