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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the guest room where Mamah sleeps at Alden and Mattie's?

2. Where did the Huertley's build a new house?

3. What type of dog does Ellen Key have?

4. What does Mamah give Taylor as going away gifts?

5. In Chapter 6, where is Lizzie taking Jessica?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Catherine Wright doing during the year she requested from Frank?

2. Why doesn't Mamah go to Paris after receiving a telegram from Frank in Chapter 25?

3. What was it like in Boone, Iowa, where Mahma lived when she was little?

4. What thought seizes Mamah with remorse in Chapter 15 when she is dancing with Frank?

5. What does Ellen Key look like when Mamah hears her lecture for the first time?

6. Why do Mamah and Frank leave the Adlon in Chapter 20?

7. Why does Frank come to Mamah's house in Chapter 7?

8. Where does Mamah go and what does she do when Frank returns to America?

9. What opportunity does Ellen offer Mamah at the end of Chapter 24?

10. What does Mamah do to help out at the library?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mamah and Frank watch the opera Mefistofele. Why does the opera affect Mamah so greatly? What emotions does it stir up?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 15, Mattie feels remorse. What are some things that cause Mattie to feel remorse throughout the novel and why?

Essay Topic 3

Lizzie has never married. Why hasn't Lizzie ever married?

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