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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 card game is frequently played by the in-crowd?
(a) Cribbage.
(b) Spades.
(c) Hearts.
(d) Bridge.
2. How does The Red Swede make money in the spring?
(a) Music.
(b) Selling vegetables.
(c) Selling horses.
(d) Training horses.
3. Who first tells Carol that the town gossips about her?
(a) Dr. Kennicott.
(b) Mrs. Haydock.
(c) Maud Dyer.
(d) Vida Sherwin.
4. Who invites Carol and Dr. Kennicott over at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) The Smiths.
(b) The Pollocks.
(c) The Simons.
(d) The Clarks.
5. What does Stewart Snyder suggest Carol would be good at being?
(a) A scholar.
(b) A lawyer's wife.
(c) The president.
(d) Independent.
Short Answer Questions
1. During the winter, after shopping, what does Carol do on the city streets that shocks the town?
2. Where does Dr. Kennicott take Carol at the beginning of Chapter 5?
3. Why does Carol like the Marburys?
4. In Chapter 10, who does Carol have supper with?
5. What is the Thantopsis?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Carol choose not to plan for a new home?
2. Why is Vida interested in Raymie?
3. When and why do the women at the bridge club decide to accept Carol?
4. The townspeople often talk about money. What are some examples of this and how it affects Carol?
5. In Carol's eyes, how does the country compare to Main Street, and when does she determine this?
6. What drives Carol to go to Los Angeles?
7. Why does Carol panic when she arrives in Gopher Prairie?
8. The townspeople often ask Carol is she "finds Gopher Prairie pleasing." Why is their interest ironic?
9. Carol goes through a phase where she loves being a housewife. Why?
10. At the beginning of Chapter 7, what does Carol worry about, in terms of her relationships in the town?
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