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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have the pastor and his sister decided to do with their house?
(a) Repaint the exterior.
(b) Convert a wing into a shelter.
(c) Rent out some rooms.
(d) Hire a maid.

2. Where does Mildred's old roommate work now?
(a) At the local paper.
(b) As a governess for a wealthy family.
(c) A Catholic girl's school.
(d) At the general store down the road.

3. What does Rocky invite Dora and Mildred out for?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Drinks.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Dinner.

4. How does Mildred feel when she first meet Helena?
(a) Flabergasted.
(b) Inferior.
(c) Embarassed.
(d) Confident.

5. Who is Everard Bone?
(a) A childhood friend of Helena.
(b) An anthropologist and colleague of Helena.
(c) Helena's husband's college roommate.
(d) A sleazy family friend of Helena.

6. How does Helena react when Everard says that he is going away for awhile?
(a) She is visibly upset.
(b) She reacts with pride.
(c) She shows indifference.
(d) She reacts with joy.

7. How does Helena's job sound to Mildred?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Intimidating.
(c) Fascinating.
(d) Degrading.

8. What season does Mildred's lunch date occur in?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Winter.

9. How does Mildred sometimes find the person whom she goes on the annual lunch date with?
(a) Controlling and sexist.
(b) Obnoxious and selfish.
(c) Weak and self-serving.
(d) Fussy and pretentious.

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

11. When Mildred sees Everard by chance, how does she describe the exchange?
(a) Nerve-racking.
(b) Awkward.
(c) Relatively pleasant.
(d) Quite interesting.

12. Where do the group go after the speech at the Learned Society?
(a) Out for dinner.
(b) Home.
(c) To a movie.
(d) To Everard's house.

13. What does Mildred disdain about Helena?
(a) Helena's lack of respect.
(b) Helena's lack of morals.
(c) Helena's lack of domestication.
(d) Helena's lack of common sense.

14. When Mildred receives a telegram meant for Helena, what does it say?
(a) Helena's husband's return has been delayed a week.
(b) Helena's husband has arrived.
(c) Helena's husband is unable to return.
(d) Helena's husband is injured.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mildred's lunch date take her after their lunch?

2. What does the person who Dora and Mildred meet on the way home tell them about Rocky?

3. Within how many years did Mildred's parents die of one another?

4. On Ash Wednesday, who is Mildred surprised to see at mass?

5. Why does Mildred go to the Malory house in Chapter 7?

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