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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Almeda's younger brother and sister die?
(a) Fever.
(b) Car accident.
(c) House fire.
(d) Drowning.

2. How many years have passed since the publication of Almeda's book?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 1.

3. Almeda has no need for ____________________.
(a) Games.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Money.
(d) Companionship.

4. Which of the following is not the typical assumption for a woman's life in the late a1880s?
(a) Mother.
(b) Unmarried poet.
(c) Wife.
(d) Hostess.

5. Almeda's family's home sits on what street?
(a) Oyster.
(b) Pearl.
(c) Opal.
(d) Ruby.

6. What is unique about Almeda in her family?
(a) She has a lisp.
(b) She is the last surviving member.
(c) She got gray hair at age 18.
(d) She has one blue eye and one green eye.

7. What is the name of the book from which the lines at the beginning of each section are taken?
(a) Regrets.
(b) Promises.
(c) Salutations.
(d) Offerings.

8. In what business is Jarvis Poulter engaged?
(a) Finance.
(b) Education.
(c) Salt mines.
(d) Law.

9. What is the setting of MENESETEUNG?
(a) Harlem, New York.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Ontario, Canada.
(d) Boston.

10. What is the time period of MENESETEUNG?
(a) Late-1900s.
(b) Late-1800s.
(c) Mid-1900s.
(d) Late-1700s.

11. Almeda would rather write about ____________ than cooking.
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Dresses.
(c) Holidays.
(d) Flowers.

12. When does Almeda think the swamp is the loveliest?
(a) High noon.
(b) The morning.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Late afternoon.

13. Where does Almeda stay most of the time?
(a) At home.
(b) At church.
(c) At her best friend's house.
(d) At school.

14. What kind of life does Almeda instinctively desire?
(a) Married.
(b) Religious.
(c) Independent.
(d) Fun-filled.

15. Which of the following does not enter into Almeda's idea of what marriage would be like?
(a) Fun.
(b) Responsibility.
(c) Dependence.
(d) Reliance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Almeda not prefer to do?

2. How can Jarvis Poulter's lifestyle be characterized?

3. How did Almeda's mother die?

4. What was the nature of Almeda's father's business?

5. Section 3 introduces which character?

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