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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 type of shoes does Carol where on the train?
(a) Flip flops.
(b) Boots.
(c) Pumps.
(d) Sneakers.

2. What is unique about the suit Carol wears in Chapter 9?
(a) It's vintage.
(b) It's Chanel.
(c) It's checkered.
(d) It's bright pink.

3. Where do Carol and Dr. Kennicott purchase a summer home?
(a) The Hamptons.
(b) Lake Woebegone.
(c) Lake Minniemashie.
(d) Minneapolis.

4. In Carol's college, the girls who are not engaged plan to do what?
(a) Become nannies.
(b) Teach.
(c) Go overseas.
(d) Run for political office.

5. After learning that the town speaks of her, Carol wants comfort from whom?
(a) Dr. Kennicott.
(b) Bea.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What depresses Carol about the farmers on the train?

2. Who lost money due to investing in an elevator?

3. If farmers controlled Dr. Kennicott's rate, he's concerned they'd do what?

4. Carol feels Dr. Kennicott is too what?

5. Which neighbor spies on Carol?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Carol choose not to plan for a new home?

2. When Dr. and Mrs. Kennicott return home, what is the response?

3. When Carol suggests studying something other than the Bible in the Thanatopsis meeting, the novel refers to it as Mrs. Dr. Kennicott "showing off." Why?

4. Why is Vida interested in Raymie?

5. What influence does Carol feel a doctor should exercise in his community?

6. What surprises Carol at the first meeting of the dramatic society?

7. The townspeople often ask Carol is she "finds Gopher Prairie pleasing." Why is their interest ironic?

8. What is Hugh's reaction upon Carol's description of what lies ahead for them, outside of Gopher Prairie?

9. How does Carol feel about Dr. Kennicott when she first meets him?

10. Carol and the women at the bridge game argue about the maids' wages. Why?

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