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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 Halliday realize are not dead?
(a) The Wilcox's puppies.
(b) The Cox's ducks.
(c) The Wilcox's kittens.
(d) The Richards' chickens.

2. Who is a puzzled man other than Jack Halliday?
(a) Murray Goodwin.
(b) The Reverend Burgess.
(c) Mr. Pinkerton.
(d) The Mayor Snip.

3. Whose comments does the narrator say became increasingly disagreeable?
(a) Mr. Richard's.
(b) The foreman's.
(c) Halliday's.
(d) Gordon's.

4. What does Mrs. Richards say her husband has never uttered?
(a) A curse word.
(b) A truth.
(c) A lie.
(d) A blasphemy.

5. Which of the following activities did Mr. and Mrs. Richards used to do in the evening?
(a) Listen to the radio.
(b) Read books.
(c) Play chess.
(d) Barbecue ribs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mr. Cox and Mr. Richards drag themselves home like?

2. What does Halliday pretend is a camera?

3. Who does Mr. Stephenson send letters to?

4. Who does Mr. Richards think that Goodson despised?

5. How did Mr. Richards help the Reverend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the stranger do the next morning?

2. How does Mrs. Richards react when she realizes what is in the sack?

3. Why does the stranger say he devised his scheme?

4. What does the stranger tell Mrs. Richards?

5. Why is Mrs. Richards angry at her husband?

6. What kindness does Mr. Richards decide he must have performed for Goodson?

7. How does the stranger say he can make the coins worth their face value in gold?

8. What does Halliday notice about the town's citizens after they have received the letters?

9. What do the other towns think of Hadleyburg?

10. What do the Richardses decide is the best way to identify the rightful owner of the money?

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