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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Hazel NOT think regarding Dudley?
(a) It is terrible that he abandoned Judy.
(b) It is unfair that Antoinette should suffer.
(c) He is an upstanding man.
(d) He will never know his daughter.

2. What is Almeda's last name?
(a) Robinson.
(b) Morton.
(c) Ross.
(d) Roth.

3. Who had been Ellie's nurse?
(a) Millie Frantz.
(b) Aimee Anders.
(c) Marlene Winner.
(d) Audrey Atkinson.

4. In the poem recited by Miss Dobie, the girl's lover was taken away by ______________.
(a) thugs.
(b) police officers.
(c) the sea.
(d) fairies.

5. Who lives in the house next door to Almeda?
(a) Jarvis Poulter.
(b) John Patterson.
(c) James Powell.
(d) Jacob Powers.

6. How old is Hazel?
(a) In her sixties.
(b) In her fifties.
(c) In her twenties.
(d) In her thirties.

7. Miss Dobie recites a poem about a girl named ________________.
(a) Jenna.
(b) Janie.
(c) Jillie.
(d) Janette.

8. To whom had Flora once been engaged?
(a) Michael.
(b) James.
(c) Robert.
(d) William.

9. Almeda writes a poem entitled "Meneseteung" which is named after ____________________.
(a) an Indian tribe.
(b) a medical instrument.
(c) a nearby river.
(d) her mother's maiden name.

10. How does the narrator know Flora Grieves?
(a) She is her neighbor.
(b) She is her sister.
(c) She is her dead mother's friend.
(d) She is her mother.

11. What leaves a big stain on the floor of Almeda's house?
(a) Grape jelly.
(b) Varnish.
(c) Raspberry pie.
(d) Red wine.

12. Who is Brenda's husband?
(a) Cornell.
(b) Cosmo.
(c) Cornelius.
(d) Corinthian.

13. Who came to care for Ellie?
(a) A cousin.
(b) A nurse.
(c) An old friend.
(d) Another sister.

14. What are the results of Barbara's medical tests?
(a) She is fine.
(b) She needs antibiotics.
(c) She needs more tests.
(d) She needs surgery.

15. What is Almeda's vocation?
(a) Sculptor.
(b) Novelist.
(c) Painter.
(d) Poet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Murray meet his wife?

2. What does Robert do when Ellie dies?

3. In contrast to her lover, Brenda's husband feels as heavy as ______________________.

4. Which of the following has NOT prompted Jarvis to want to propose marriage to Almeda?

5. What did the narrator's mother think of the person in #6?

(see the answer keys)

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