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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would the narrator of "Distance" prefer to have her lover?
(a) Just down the lane.
(b) In her own home.
(c) In her dreams.
(d) On the other side of the world.

2. According to "Rhyme Against the Living," who is lucky?
(a) The dead.
(b) Widows.
(c) Young lovers.
(d) The living.

3. What does Mrs. Wyman want when she calls Mrs. Martindale?
(a) She is looking for work for an unfortunate woman that she knows.
(b) She asks Mrs. Martindale to watch her dogs while she is away.
(c) She wants to borrow one of Mrs. Martindale's banquet tables.
(d) She needs Mrs. Martindale to come to a fundraiser.

4. Who is Mrs. Corning?
(a) Mrs. Martindale's neighbor who is looking for help for a friend.
(b) The manager at headquarters who oversees the sewing work.
(c) The only other faithful volunteer besides Mrs. Martindale.
(d) The young girl whose sewing mistake was ridiculed in public.

5. How do both Mrs. Weldon and Mr. Weldon feel about their apartment?
(a) Mr. Weldon likes the apartment, but Mrs. Weldon dislikes it.
(b) Mrs. Weldon likes the apartment, but Mr. Weldon dislikes it.
(c) Both dislike the apartment, but they assume that the other likes it.
(d) Both like the apartment, but they assume that the other dislikes it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the groom say about his bride's hat?

2. What does the narrator of "Guinevere At Her Fireside" say about the bravest man?

3. In the story "Little Curtis," what does Mrs. Matson do after each of her purchases?

4. How does Mrs. Matson respond when she finds Curtis playing with the furnace man's child?

5. In "The Standard of Living," what is the cost of the necklace in the window?

(see the answer key)

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