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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mildred notice about Julian while she is visiting the Malorys in Chapter 7?
(a) Julian is ignoring Mildred specifically.
(b) Julian is preoccupied with a telegram he received.
(c) Julian looks pale and sickly.
(d) Julian is paying a lot of attention to Mrs. Gray.

2. Why does Mildred go to the Malory house in Chapter 7?
(a) To help Winifred with the church jumble sale.
(b) To show off a new dress.
(c) To hear the most recent gossip.
(d) To return a casserole dish.

3. When does Dora come to visit Mildred?
(a) Victoria Day.
(b) In the summer.
(c) Over the Easter holiday.
(d) Just after Valentine's Day.

4. How many brothers and sisters does Mildred have?
(a) Four.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

5. Who does Mildred have an annual lunch date with?
(a) Wesley Calhone.
(b) Weston Canterbury.
(c) Willian Caldicote.
(d) Walter Casselman.

6. On their way home from the school event, who do Dora and Mildred meet?
(a) A spy.
(b) A Wren officer.
(c) A diplomat.
(d) A pilot.

7. What is Winifred doing when Mildred arrives for a visit?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Reading a letter from a past parisher.
(c) Helping Mrs. Gray move in and arrange her things.
(d) Making Julian lunch.

8. What does Mildred's lunch date think about excellent women?
(a) They are the most pathetic type of woman.
(b) They should stay unmarried and enjoy life.
(c) They are to be revered and respected, always.
(d) They are forgettable at best.

9. Who did Mildred live with after her parents died?
(a) Mildred's sister.
(b) Dora.
(c) No one.
(d) Winifred.

10. What does Mildred agree to help with when she arrives at the Malorys?
(a) The cooking.
(b) The curtains.
(c) The dusting.
(d) Vacuuming the couch.

11. Who is the author of Excellent Women?
(a) Alice Munro.
(b) Barbara Pym.
(c) Jane Austen.
(d) Kitty Kelley.

12. What was Mildred's father's occupation?
(a) Salesman.
(b) Clergyman.
(c) Bricklayer.
(d) Writer.

13. How does Mildred describe the physical appearance of the pastor and his sister?
(a) Clean and neat.
(b) Tall, angular and thin.
(c) Short, stout and flabby.
(d) Lanky and awkward.

14. Where does Mildred meet Helena?
(a) In the basement by the dustbins.
(b) At church.
(c) In the bathroom they share.
(d) In the hall between their apartments.

15. How is Mildred's appearance described as?
(a) Prim and proper.
(b) Risque.
(c) Mousy.
(d) Disheveled.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it appropriate for Mrs. Gray to live at the Malory's house?

2. What is the name of the pastor's sister?

3. How do Mildred's behaviors often seem?

4. What does the person who Dora and Mildred meet on the way home from the school event think about Rocky?

5. When Mildred sees Everard by chance, how does she describe the exchange?

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