Sister Carrie – Final Test 

Directions: Read the question and choose the best answer.  Erase your mistakes completely. 

1.	Whom does Carrie meet on the train to Chicago?
a.	Hurstwood					b.   Ames
c.   Drouet						d.   Fitzgerald

2.	With whom does Carrie first live? 
a.	Drouet						b.   her sister and Sven Hanson
c.   Lola						d.   Hurstwood

3.	Where is the first place that Carrie finds employment?
a.	a restaurant					b.   a department store
c.   a machine factory				d.   a chorus girl in a theatre

4.	Which character was legally married in the novel?
a.	Witherspoon					b.   Drouet
c.   Proofstein					d.   Hurstwood

5.	What is the name that Carrie took on the stage?
a.	Madenda				b.   Wheeler
c.   Meeber					d.   Grace

6.	Who arranges for Carrie to act at the Elk Club?
a.	Hurstwood			 		b.   Drouet
c.   Mrs. Hale					d.   Witherspoon

7.	Which character informs Drouet of Carrie and Hurstwood’s secret meetings?
a.	Hurstwood’s daughter Jessica			b.   Fitzgerald
c.   Mrs. Vance					d.   the maid

8.	How did Hurstwood rob Fitzgerald & Moy? 
a.	He was drinking and the safe popped open.	b.   He held them up at gun point.
c.   He stole out of the drawer for months.	d.   He didn’t take their money to the bank.

9.	How much money does Hurstwood steal?
a.	$500						b.   $50,000
c.   $10,000					d.   $100,000

10.	How does Hurstwood trick Carrie into getting on the train with him?
a.	He says she has a big role in New York.	b.   He says Drouet has left her for good.
c.   He tells her that Drouet is in the hospital.	d.   He puts sleeping drugs in her tea.
	
11.	 Who convinces Hurstwood to give the money back?
a.	one of his old friends				b.   Witherspoon
c.   Drouet						d.   a private detective

12.	Under what name do Hurstwood and Carrie get married?
a.	Wheeler					b.   Hurstwood
c.   Madenda					d.   Thorton
13.	What does Hurstwood make an investment in when they arrive in New York?
a.	a shoe store					b.   a bar
c.   the stock market				d.   a movie theatre

14.	Who moves in across the hall from Carrie and Hurstwood?
a.	Ames						b.   Drouet
c.   Mr. and Mrs. Vance				d.   Reeves and Holiday

15.	What does Carrie think of Ames? 
a.	She thinks he is only interested in her beauty.	b.   She thinks he is cute but foolish.
c.   She finds him to be stubborn and greedy.	d.   She respects and admires his intelligence.

16.	What caused Hurstwood to lose his investment?
a.	The stock market crashed.			b.   He became gloomy and depressing.
c.   He was caught stealing from his partner.	d.   His partner learned of Hurstwood’s past.

17.	Which of the following is Hurstwood’s favorite pastime?
a.	writing poetry to Carrie.			b.   playing pool
c.   cooking					d.   reading the newspaper

18.	While looking for a job, Hurstwood would spend most of his time doing what?
a.	sitting in hotel lobbies				b.   gambling at the race track
c.   begging employers for work			d.   drinking booze in the park 

19.	Hurstwood loses some of his much needed money at what game?
a.	pool						b.   dice
c.   poker						d.   horse racing
	
20.	With whom does Hurstwood build a debt?
a.	the grocery store				b.   the power company
c.   the gambling house				d.   the liquor store

21.	When Mrs. Vance comes to visit, what is Carrie most embarrassed of?
a.	her and Hurstwood’s small apartment	b.   the poor neighborhood where they live
c.   Hurstwood’s shabby appearance		d.   Carrie’s imitation handbag

22.	After realizing Hurstwood can’t support her, what does Carrie get a job as?
a.	a leading actress				b.   a chorus girl
c.   a waitress					d.   a card dealer

23.	After she leaves Hurstwood, with whom does Carrie live?
a.	Mrs. Vance					b.   Ames
c.   Drouet						d.   Lola

24.	After Carrie leaves him, Hurstwood finds employment as what?
a.	a trolley car driver				b.   a laborer
c.   a butcher					d.   a bartender

25.	 How does Hurstwood die?
a.	Drouet finds him at a bar kills him.		b.   He freezes to death in the streets.
c.   He drinks himself to death.			d.   He commits suicide in a hotel room.