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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 marry her.
(b) To be her driver.
(c) To cook for her.
(d) To mail papers to her daughter after she dies.

2. What type of document introduces the "Age of Iron"?
(a) A short journal.
(b) A long letter.
(c) A book.
(d) A poem.

3. What does the narrator feel about the person she is addressing in this book?
(a) She misses her.
(b) She hates her.
(c) She makes her sick.
(d) She dislikes her habits.

4. Who is the narrator addressing in this book?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her sister.

5. What does the narrator give to the person that lives near her house the first evening?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Food.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the only two people the narrator say she would speak to on the phone?

2. What happens to the narrator's car in Page 16?

3. What does the narrator say about charity not being appreciated?

4. Who is the narrator of the book?

5. When does the person the narrator met at the start of Part One return?

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