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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Erik want to do for a living?
(a) Be a dancer.
(b) Open a school for the blind.
(c) Join the opera.
(d) Design women's clothing.

2. What nickname does Dr. Kennicott call Carol?
(a) Wifey.
(b) Love.
(c) Carrie.
(d) Birdie.

3. Who plays a game with Carol, as though she is going to shoot him?
(a) Raymie.
(b) Hugh.
(c) Dave Dyer.
(d) Percy Bresnahan.

4. What type of good deal does Dr. Kennicott make that he will not explain to Carol?
(a) A partnership at his practice.
(b) A pharmaceutical monopoly.
(c) He gets a great price on a car.
(d) A land deal.

5. What instrument lies useless in Carol's home?
(a) The clarinet.
(b) The violin.
(c) The flute.
(d) The harp.

6. How does Carol feel about Percy Bresnahan?
(a) All answer are correct.
(b) She is jealous of him.
(c) She admires him.
(d) She is afraid of him.

7. What responsibility does Carol hold in her theater group?
(a) President and secretary.
(b) Director and president.
(c) Producer.
(d) Stage star.

8. Following Hugh's birth, what is the biggest event for Carol?
(a) Dr. Kennicott's reluctance to have more children.
(b) The demolition of the town hall.
(c) Carol's fortieth birthday.
(d) Vida's wedding.

9. What does Dr. Kennicott plan to do but never does?
(a) Repair the floor.
(b) Fix the oil leak on the car.
(c) Screen in the porch.
(d) Change the light fixtures.

10. What type of glasses does Carol have to wear?
(a) Reading glasses.
(b) Bifocals.
(c) Sunglasses.
(d) Rimless eyeglasses.

11. Who does Bea marry?
(a) Cy.
(b) Dr. Kennicott's brother.
(c) The Red Swede.
(d) Ezra Stowbody.

12. What does Vida become interested in, once married?
(a) Knitting.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Housework.

13. In Chapter 17, what does Carol try to drink?
(a) Wine.
(b) Beer.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Vodka.

14. How long of a vacation do the Kennicotts take?
(a) 3.5 months.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 1 year.

15. During the war, how does Gopher Prairie suddenly get rich?
(a) Gold.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Metal.
(d) Corn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of review does the theater group's play receive in the paper?

2. What does Raymie do for a living?

3. Where does Carol meet Erik?

4. What type of liquor is Fern accused of abusing?

5. What weather greets the Kennicotts when they return from vacation?

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