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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. When Maggie asks "Who?" as she wanders, who tries to answer her question?
(a) Mudder.
(b) A well-dressed gentleman.
(c) A beggar woman.
(d) A man passing by.

2. What does the end of Chapter 13 say that Mudder goes through life doing?
(a) Drinking the days away.
(b) Screaming at the neighbors.
(c) Shedding tears.
(d) Laughing at fate.

3. Who does Jimmie meet when he comes home late from work at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Mudder.
(b) Maggie and Pete.
(c) The old woman.
(d) A policeman.

4. To whom does Mother proclaim her grief, saying, "May Gawd forgive dat girl"?
(a) The old woman.
(b) The priest.
(c) The neighbors.
(d) Jimmie.

5. Who throws the first punch in the saloon fight?
(a) Jimmie's companion.
(b) Jimmie.
(c) Pete.
(d) The saloon owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Pete and Maggie join Nellie and Freddie, where does Maggie sit?

2. What is the name of the next door neighbor who Mudder says she warned Maggie about?

3. To whom in the crowd does the "painted" girl throw her glances?

4. Which friend of Pete's is among the women in the saloon with him?

5. Where does Jimmie tell Mudder that Maggie has gone?

Short Essay Questions

1. How might Maggie's story be different if the stout gentleman she encounters in the suburbs stops to help her?

2. As the fight between Jimmie and his companion and Pete progresses, a beer glass is thrown. What happens next?

3. Why does the old woman stop Jimmie to report what she witnessed in the hallway?

4. How do attitudes change toward the "painted" girl as she moves through the various districts of the city?

5. What are the true motives of the women surrounding Pete at the saloon in Chapter 18?

6. Why does the "painted" girl direct her glances toward the rural, less educated men?

7. What does Jimmie do when the policeman arrives to break up the saloon fight?

8. Describe the decor of the saloon where Pete works as a bartender.

9. What is ironic about Mudders condemnation of Maggie's evil ways?

10. How does Pete rationalize his lack of guilt in the situation with Maggie?

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