A Cure for Dreams: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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A Cure for Dreams: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 120 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Who is Lottie's mother?
(a) Mary.
(b) Bridget.
(c) Rose.
(d) Siobbhan.

2. Why does Charles ridicule his wife?
(a) For burning a pie.
(b) For gaining lots of weight.
(c) For breaking her leg.
(d) For not taking care of Betty's health.

3. In the Introduction, what does Marjorie state that her mother loved to do?
(a) Talk.
(b) Bake.
(c) Sew.
(d) Hunt.

4. Where do Lottie and her husband move when they leave Kentucky?
(a) Vermont.
(b) Ohio.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) California.

5. What is Lottie's nationality?
(a) Scottish.
(b) Irish.
(c) German.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lottie do with her dinner that makes Charles angry?

2. What is the state of Lottie and Charles' marriage in Chapter 4?

3. Who develops excellent skills at Lottie's group meetings?

4. Men who order their wives around by command treat them like _______________.

5. What happens to Roy in the year after his affair with another woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lottie's recurrent romantic fantasy and how does her real life differ from the dream?

2. Who does Lottie determine has killed Roy and why does she choose to keep quiet about it?

3. What special talent does Lottie have and why does she take so much pride in it?

4. Why does Lottie take back the meal she had brought for Trudy and her children?

5. How does the author show the close relationship between Lottie and Betty?

6. How does the author use punctuation to indicate the speakers in the story?

7. According to Lottie, why is a man's name for his wife an indicator of her value to him?

8. How does Lottie punish Charles for his unconscionable behavior regarding the death of the boy at the mill?

9. How does the author show Lottie's true character, especially in the circumstances regarding Trudy?

10. What is the probable reason for Charles' suicide?

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