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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is NOT something that the narrator's mother once thought about Flora?
(a) She was noble.
(b) She was stoic.
(c) She was a troublemaker.
(d) She was optimistic.

3. How many times has Almeda been married?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) None.

4. Which modern convenience was installed in Robert's half of the farmhouse?
(a) Running water.
(b) Electric lighting.
(c) Indoor bathroom.
(d) Air conditioning.

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

6. Who is the housekeeper at Jack's aunt's house?
(a) Jamie.
(b) Joanne.
(c) Judy.
(d) Jillie.

7. What did the girl in #28 pay local boys to do?
(a) Clean the shop windows.
(b) Sweep the shop.
(c) Bring customers to the shop.
(d) Have sex with her.

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

9. Hazel wants to visit her husband's aunt, ___________________.
(a) Marjorie Bryson.
(b) Margaret Dobie.
(c) Maria Brown.
(d) Maryellen Dawson.

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

11. 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.

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

13. How did Murray meet his wife?
(a) They were high school sweethearts.
(b) She used to work in Murray's store.
(c) They attended the same college.
(d) They met on a blind date.

14. "Friend of My Youth" is a story about _____________________.
(a) prejudice.
(b) greed and envy.
(c) the search for love.
(d) the gap between generations.

15. What does Dudley do when Hazel tells him about Miss Dobie's poem?
(a) He laughs at her.
(b) He leaves the room.
(c) He recites it word-for-word.
(d) He covers his ears.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the man in #79 afraid of his wife?

2. The card written by the schoolboy claims that _____________________ is his favorite book.

3. Who does Almeda see slumped against her fence in the morning?

4. What type of business does Murray inherit from his father?

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

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