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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Goodson come close to marrying?
(a) Denise Harkness.
(b) Lottie Regal.
(c) Nancy Hewitt.
(d) Rose Darwin.

2. What does the narrator say Hadlyburg is vain beyond?
(a) Comprehension.
(b) Vanity.
(c) Life.
(d) Imagination.

3. Which of the following words best describes Mr. and Mrs. Harkness' state of mind?
(a) Loving.
(b) Hateful.
(c) Miserable.
(d) Delighted.

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

5. What kind of honesty does Mrs. Richards say the town has trained them to think?
(a) God's honesty.
(b) Idealistic honesty.
(c) Artificial honesty.
(d) Hateful honesty.

6. What happened to Nancy Hewitt?
(a) She joined the marines.
(b) She fell in love with someone else.
(c) She ran away.
(d) She died.

7. Which character does the narrator say always notices everything?
(a) Barclay Gordon.
(b) Reverend Burgess.
(c) Jack Smitts.
(d) Jack Halliday.

8. What did Goodson tell Richards to do when he tried to convert him?
(a) Pick on someone who cares.
(b) Marry someone else.
(c) Bury your head in the sand.
(d) Mind your own business.

9. Which of the following areas of America does the narrator not mention?
(a) New York.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Montreal.
(d) Florida.

10. What does Mr. Richards say he and is wife should remember?
(a) It was the right thing.
(b) It was ordered.
(c) It was the nice thing.
(d) It was the Christian thing.

11. What is the old lady reading in the parlor?
(a) The Missionary Herald.
(b) The New Age Observer.
(c) The Christian Times.
(d) The Guardian.

12. What does Mrs. Richards say is Mr. Goodson's one vanity?
(a) He thinks he is the town's most moral person.
(b) He thinks he has better hair.
(c) He thinks his wife is the most beautiful.
(d) He thinks he gives better advice.

13. What does Mrs. Richards say it is no time for?
(a) Rain.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Clouds.

14. What does Mr. Richards want to make his proof of mind?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Humble.
(c) Honest.
(d) Perfect.

15. How does the narrator describe the sides of the sack?
(a) Ridgy.
(b) Rough.
(c) Smooth.
(d) Bumby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Nancy Hewitt have a spoonful of in her veins?

2. Which of the following do the reporters not make a picture of?

3. Why does Mr. Richards not want to make the matter private?

4. What does Mr. Richards say the town has trained them to think?

5. What did the stranger decide he wanted to do to the town?

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