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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 shop do Brenda and her husband now run?
(a) Second-hand items.
(b) Antiques.
(c) Musical instruments.
(d) Interior design.

2. Who rescued the man in #79 when he was shot down over France?
(a) American ground troops.
(b) Polish citizens.
(c) The French Underground.
(d) Local peasants.

3. The family in #25 opened what type of shop?
(a) Tailoring shop.
(b) Hobby shop.
(c) Sweets shop.
(d) Jewelry shop.

4. What is the job of the man in #20?
(a) Welding.
(b) Construction.
(c) Janitorial.
(d) Teacher.

5. What is Neil's answer when Brenda asks him if he ever took money from the girl at the sweets shop?
(a) He says she was not interested in him.
(b) He denies it.
(c) He says he did it once.
(d) He says he did it all the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Hazel?

2. What type of business does Murray inherit from his father?

3. Why does Hazel want to travel to the town in #57?

4. Why did the man in #3 marry Ellie and not Flora?

5. What did the girl in #28 pay local boys to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brenda realize about her relationship with Neil after their first fight regarding the sweet shop girl?

2. What role does Murray's paranoia play in the story?

3. In what way does Almeda realize that she has been approaching life all wrong, and how does she see violence symbolized in her life?

4. What are some of the possible lies in the story?

5. Why had Robert married Ellie instead of Flora, and how did Ellie's health deteriorate?

6. What is life like for women in Almeda's town?

7. What awakens Almeda in the night and what does she do about the disruption?

8. Why is the affair with Neil so important to Brenda?

9. Who was Victor and how did he come into Murray and Barbara's life?

10. How did Flora try to mend the relationship with the narrator's mother, and what does the narrator think about how well she knew her own mother?

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