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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hurstwood suggest to Carrie that they do the day after her success in the play?
(a) Enroll her in a school for actors.
(b) Get an apartment together.
(c) Run away together.
(d) Stop seeing each other.

2. Why does Mr. Hurstwood refuse to help his wife show some of their friends around town one night?
(a) He does not feel like talking to people he does not like.
(b) He is too busy.
(c) He hates being around his wife for longer than an hour at a time.
(d) He has to work.

3. What does Hurstwood tell Drouet he will do about the play being put on by Drouet's group?
(a) Keep people from attending.
(b) Help in the direction of it.
(c) Publicize for them.
(d) Shut it down.

4. What allows Carrie to do so well after the third act of the play?
(a) The cheers of the crowd.
(b) The attention from her two lovers.
(c) Her joy of acting.
(d) The note sent by Hurstwood.

5. How much rent is Carrie expected to pay for staying with her sister?
(a) $4 a month.
(b) $14 a month.
(c) $40 a month.
(d) $1.40 a month.

6. How does Hurstwood pay for the train tickets to New York?
(a) He pawns his watch.
(b) He has stolen money from work.
(c) He writes a bad check.
(d) He uses Drouet's money.

7. What does Drouet discuss with Carrie the morning after her success in the play?
(a) His finances.
(b) Marriage.
(c) His suspicion about Hurstwood.
(d) A vacation.

8. Where does Drouet spend his time the night after he meets Carrie?
(a) His house.
(b) A brothel.
(c) Searching for Carrie.
(d) A fancy restaurant.

9. Where is the first place in Chicago that Carrie goes to find work?
(a) The industrial district.
(b) The railroad.
(c) The wholesale district.
(d) A millinery.

10. What is Drouet doing when he is caught with another woman?
(a) Going to the theater.
(b) Kissing her.
(c) Walking in the park.
(d) Eating lunch.

11. Under whose name is most of Hurstwood's property?
(a) His name.
(b) His wife's.
(c) His employer's.
(d) His father's.

12. Why does Drouet beg Carrie not to move out of his apartment?
(a) He does not want to lose her to an older man.
(b) He does not want a public scandal on his hands.
(c) He still has feelings for her.
(d) He needs her beauty to keep him happy.

13. What does Drouet do on his business trips that is revolting to Carrie?
(a) Sleeps with other women.
(b) Lounges in bed all day.
(c) Drinks excessively.
(d) Gambles.

14. What kind of seat does Hurstwood purchase for himself at the play?
(a) Box seat.
(b) Front row.
(c) Balcony.
(d) He does not buy a seat.

15. Why does Hurstwood not care about Carrie's relationship with Drouet as he begins to pursue her?
(a) He is more successful than Drouet.
(b) He does not like Drouet.
(c) He loves Carrie too much to care.
(d) He sees Drouet with other women.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Carrie tell her sister that she is moving out of her house?

2. What does Carrie agree to do for Drouet's new group when approached by Drouet?

3. How does Carrie respond in her letter to Hurstwood after receiving one from him while she is out looking for work?

4. Where is Carrie told she must go to pursue her chosen line of work?

5. Where does Hurstwood stay after storming out of his house after his wife's accusation of his affair?

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