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

2. What did the man in #79 do during the war?
(a) He was a pilot.
(b) He was a reporter.
(c) He was a cook.
(d) He was an officer.

3. To whom does Miss Dobie seem to be directing the poem?
(a) Judy.
(b) Jane.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Jill.

4. Why do Murray and his wife drive to see a doctor?
(a) His wife thinks that she may be pregnant.
(b) They are having annual check-ups.
(c) His wife finds a lump which may be cancerous.
(d) Murray has been having dizzy spells.

5. Which of the following does NOT describe Brenda's relationship with Neil?
(a) They meet in secret.
(b) They enjoy taking risks.
(c) They are committed to each other.
(d) They make no demands on each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem recited by Miss Dobie, the girl's lover was taken away by ______________.

2. With what disease is Ellie diagnosed?

3. What is Almeda's last name?

4. With whom is Brenda having an affair?

5. What nationality was the man in #79?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the relationship between the narrator's mother, and Flora after the narrator's mother moved away to marry and start a family?

2. How does the episode with the woman's body in front of Almeda's house change Jarvis' perspective of Almeda?

3. What does Hazel conclude about what Dudley gives to both Judy and Antoinette?

4. Who are Murray and Barbara, how did they meet and what type of business do they operate now?

5. How did the generation gap separate the narrator and her mother and what conclusion does she come to regarding how well she knew her own mother?

6. What is the content of a poem told by Miss Dobie that seems to be directed at Judy?

7. Who was Victor and how did he come into Murray and Barbara's life?

8. When does it occur to Hazel that Dudley is involved with both Judy and Antoinette?

9. What does Neil tell Brenda about a Croatian girl named Mary who ran the family's sweet shop and how she destroyed the family's business?

10. What is the premise of "Five Points"?

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