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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 "Seventh Street".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When contemplating what sort of life Fern might have, how does the author compare love to prejudice?
(a) It is subject to the same narrowminded assumptions.
(b) It is deeply rooted in issues of possession.
(c) It is difficult to change once it has been engrained.
(d) It cannot be bettered by a change in geographical location.

2. How does the narrator describe Carma's story?
(a) The saddest tragedy.
(b) The crudest melodrama.
(c) A dastardly debacle.
(d) The finest love story.

3. What happens to the speaker and Fern when they are together in the cornfield?
(a) They make love.
(b) Fern faints and begins to convulse.
(c) The speaker attacks Fern as the townspeople look on.
(d) Fern begins to undress.

4. What did the townspeople secretly bring Becky?
(a) Their problems.
(b) Tools.
(c) Money.
(d) Food.

5. After her first baby was born, how did the townspeople react towards Becky?
(a) They adopted the child.
(b) They shunned Becky.
(c) They threw Becky a baby shower.
(d) They offered assistance to Becky.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sons did Becky have?

2. Washington is described as primarily what ethnic make-up?

3. Becky was a _____________ woman and her children were ______________.

4. What recurring dream does Esther have about her father's store?

5. What information does a towns person divulge to the narrator upon first sight of Fern?

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