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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who decided that the Old Gentleman should come to live with the Bains?
(a) Mrs. Bain.
(b) Mr. Bain.
(c) Mrs. Whittaker.
(d) The Old Gentleman.

2. Where are the couple in the train car headed?
(a) Their honeymoon.
(b) Their wedding.
(c) Their new home.
(d) Their wedding reception.

3. How does Midge change the rules of their game at the end of "The Standard of Living"?
(a) She raises the amount of money they can "spend" from one to ten million dollars.
(b) She says that they should no longer ask about the prices of their "purchases."
(c) She suggests that they invite more people to play with them.
(d) She decides that the players can spend their money on others.

4. At the end of the story "Arrangement in Black and White," what detail of the dinner party is the woman eager to share with her husband?
(a) That she called Walter Williams "Mister."
(b) That she got to meet Katherine Burke.
(c) That she got to meet the singer Walter Williams.
(d) That the party host was rude to her.

5. What surprises the woman at the dinner party about Katherine Burke in the story "Arrangement in Black and White"?
(a) She had not known that she wore a wig.
(b) She had never noticed how thick her waist was.
(c) She had never noticed that her skin was dark.
(d) She did not realize how short she was.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Durant plan to get rid of the stray dog?

2. How old is Mr. Durant?

3. How many different women have redecorated Hobie's apartment?

4. In "The Standard of Living," what are Annabel's and Midge's occupations?

5. How does the woman in "The Waltz" respond to the young man who asks her to dance?

(see the answer key)

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