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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. Where did the mother spend her childhood?
(a) Georgia
(b) Indo-China
(c) Japan
(d) Mexico

2. What does the young wife decide to do to keep her husband away?
(a) Lock the doors
(b) Call the police
(c) Sing
(d) Play the piano

3. What kind of novel does the young wife say she wants to read?
(a) A romantic novel
(b) A victorian novel
(c) A yellow paper novel
(d) A funny novel

4. What does the young wife do after breakfast?
(a) Settles down to her piano
(b) Goes for a walk
(c) Goes for a swim
(d) Cries

5. What does the young wife say is the worst thing about the Opera singer?
(a) Her eyes are open
(b) She looks alive
(c) She is smiling
(d) She smells

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the husband hesitate over?

2. How does the young wife know it is nearly time for her husband to leave?

3. What does the young wife remember as she lies in her new bedroom?

4. Where are the keys laying?

5. What does the young wife blame for the piano being out of tune?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do you think Brittany is different to the young wife's life in Paris?

2. Why do you think Carter does not use names for the main characters?

3. Describe what a catafalque is.

4. What do you know about Marquis's from other popular fiction?

5. How does Carter use color in the novella?

6. Describe the castle setting.

7. What Fairy Tale conventions does Carter use?

8. What do you think is the significance of the opal?

9. Why does the girl decide to enter the private room?

10. How can this novella be classed as a work of magic realism?

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