Margret Howth: A Story of To-Day Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT an element of the Howth household?
(a) Illness.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Despair.
(d) Security.

2. What does Margret find that prompts her to write this story?
(a) An old ledger.
(b) Some love letters.
(c) Newspaper articles.
(d) A diary.

3. Margret starts work at the mill on what day?
(a) The day after she graduates high school.
(b) Her 20th birthday.
(c) Memorial Day.
(d) The day after Christmas.

4. What is Margret glad that her father cannot see?
(a) The shabbiness of the furniture.
(b) Her mother's weary face.
(c) The empty cupboards.
(d) That she and her mother have sold many household items.

5. What does Margret feel will return?
(a) War.
(b) Comfort and beauty.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does NOT characterize Margret's world?

2. What makes the house seem like it used to be?

3. Who is the narrator of the story?

4. What was Mr. Howth's profession?

5. What type of material is produced at the mill where Margret worked?

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