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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. What is Mrs. Ramsey's reaction to the package's contents?
(a) Shocked.
(b) Elated.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

2. What is the name of the school that Cora attends?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Nevilles.
(d) Heinrich.

3. What is the name of Mrs. Ramsey's grandson?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Max.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Michael.

4. What does Jim plan to do when he meets his new friend?
(a) Escape.
(b) Build a deep friendship.
(c) Become more artistic.
(d) Become educated.

5. Who does Hannah hear her mother complain to about her father?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Beatrice and her fiance do the night before they are to be married?

2. How does the woman feel when she gets to the altar in "Between the Porch and the Altar"?

3. How has the man at the museum changed since the last time Emma saw him?

4. Where did a student at Cora's school commit suicide?

5. What day does Emma decide to venture out of her home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the title, "Between the Porch and the Altar", relates to the plot of the story.

2. How does the title, "A Summer Day", correspond to the story of Jim Littlefield?

3. How does the title, "The End of a Career", relate to the story?

4. What lesson does Emily learn from Lottie?

5. How does Mrs. Ramsey's story represent the difference between the old and the new?

6. What do Polly's actions after she learns that her fiance has died represent?

7. How are Daisy and her sister able to find humor in unpleasantness?

8. How does Emma show that she is afraid of rejection?

9. How does Ella show that she loves her horse?

10. What are the spinster's final feelings about the "I love someone" written on the sidewalk?

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