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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Oranges and Apples.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following has NOT prompted Jarvis to want to propose marriage to Almeda?
(a) Seeing her balancing her check book.
(b) Seeing her in her nightdress.
(c) Seeing her in an agitated state.
(d) Seeing her hair in disarray.

2. Which of the following is NOT how the narrator thinks about Flora?
(a) Prudish.
(b) Generous.
(c) Self-righteous.
(d) Busybody.

3. Why had the girl in #64 gone to live with Miss Dobie?
(a) She was pregnant and unmarried.
(b) She was a home healthcare worker.
(c) She was a nanny.
(d) She was going to a university nearby.

4. What did the narrator's mother think of the person in #6?
(a) She was ideal.
(b) She was very efficient.
(c) She was selfish and uncaring.
(d) She was lazy.

5. Who is Murray's wife?
(a) Bernice.
(b) Betty.
(c) Belinda.
(d) Barbara.

Short Answer Questions

1. Brenda's lover tells her about a/an _______________ family which moved to his hometown.

2. What does Robert do when Ellie dies?

3. Hazel discerns that _______________ is the father of Judy's baby.

4. What business do Murray and his wife now own?

5. Who lives in the house next door to Almeda?

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