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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, p. 15-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator ask her male employee to do over tea and biscuits?
(a) To mail papers to her daughter after she dies.
(b) To marry her.
(c) To cook for her.
(d) To be her driver.

2. In what time period is the "Age of Iron" set?
(a) Mid 1990's.
(b) Mid 1960's.
(c) Mid 1970's.
(d) Mid 1980's.

3. How long does the man work before being paid by the narrator?
(a) A couple of hours.
(b) A couple of weeks.
(c) A couple of days.
(d) A couple of month.

4. What prevents the narrator from going shopping in Part One?
(a) Her farorite soap opera has a marathon.
(b) The rain.
(c) Pain.
(d) Her can does not run.

5. What does the narrator spend the day doing according to page 15?
(a) Spends the day writing.
(b) Spends the day in bed reading.
(c) Spends the day gardening.
(d) Spends the day cleaning the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man buy with the money he takes from the narrator?

2. How does the narrator speak to the person that lives near her house?

3. What does the narrator ask the man to do after seeing what he purchased?

4. What does the narrator say to the person she finds?

5. What does the narrator think about after the person she found leaves the house?

(see the answer key)

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