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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 is Helena's husband?
(a) In America.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) Staying with family.
(d) In the Army.

2. How does Helena feel about her husband coming home?
(a) She is extremely excited.
(b) She is not terribly keen.
(c) She is indifferent.
(d) She dreads it.

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

4. What does Mildred try to convince Rocky and Dora of during their outing?
(a) That Mildred is happily unmarried.
(b) That Helena is all wrong for Rocky.
(c) That she is not interested in Julian or Everard.
(d) That they should leave.

5. How does Mildred feel during her outing with Dora and Rocky?
(a) Uncomfortable.
(b) Bloated.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Bored.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julian arrive in time for at the Malorys?

2. How does Mildred feel while in the company of Helena and Everard?

3. What is Mildred's label that comes with a stigma?

4. How does Helena react when Everard says that he is going away for awhile?

5. What does Mildred think of the speech she hears at the Learned Society?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Mildred run into after her annual lunch date?

2. What do Mildred and Dora learn from a Wren officer on the way home from a school reunion?

3. Why does Mildred leave the Malorys after helping with the curtains?

4. When Dora comes to visit, what do they do together?

5. Where does Rocky go with Mildred and Dora and how does Mildred find this encounter?

6. What does Mildred see at Piccadilly?

7. How does Helena react when Everard comments that he will be going away, and what does she do later to contradict this reaction?

8. Describe Mildred's new neighbor, Helena.

9. What does Mildred do during her time at the Learned Society?

10. What does Mildred tell the reader about her childhood?

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