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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do Annabel and Midge walk on their free afternoons?
(a) Broadway.
(b) Fifth Avenue.
(c) Michigan Avenue.
(d) Central Park.

3. What does Mrs. Corning ask the volunteers at headquarters to do before they leave for vacation?
(a) To please return in September when the headquarters reopens.
(b) To take work with them to complete during their off time.
(c) To finish whatever pieces they were working on before leaving.
(d) To be sure to return all of their materials and tools.

4. What kind of flowers does the woman at the dinner party have in her hair in the story "Arrangement in Black and White"?
(a) Pink velvet poppies.
(b) Red silk roses.
(c) Live blue orchids.
(d) White daisies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Bain react to the news of her father's death?

2. In the poem "Verse for a Certain Dog," what is the difference between the lines inside the parentheses and those not in parentheses?

3. What is Walter Williams' profession?

4. Who invented the rules for the game that Annabel and Midge play?

5. Why has the Bains' son, Paul, been sent away?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare and contrast the poems "The Trifler" and "Braggart."

2. Why is the girl in "The Sexes" rude to the young man?

3. What does Mr. Durant's reaction to Rose's situation and her departure reveal about him?

4. Why is Mimi upset after her husband's phone call in the beginning of "The Lovely Leave"?

5. In "The Standard of Living," why does Midge become so upset over Annabel's imaginary purchase of a silver fox coat, and what does her reaction suggest about her personality?

6. What does Mr. Durant's response to the dog reveal about him?

7. What is the cause of the underlying tension between the young bride and the groom in "Here We Are"?

8. In the short story "A Telephone Call," how does the narrator rationalize her irrational behavior?

9. Why does the woman in "The Waltz" agree to dance with the young man even though she does not want to?

10. In the story "Dusk Before Fireworks," why does Kit try to pretend that she is not bothered by the attention that other women pay to Hobie?

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