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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 do Murray and Barbara see a card written by a schoolboy?
(a) In a book.
(b) On the sand.
(c) Attached to a balloon.
(d) In a gutter.

2. What does Neil eventually admit to Brenda?
(a) He is going back to his wife.
(b) He is still married.
(c) He did take money from the sweet shop girl.
(d) He was never married.

3. What business do Murray and his wife now own?
(a) A pet shop.
(b) A holiday resort.
(c) A bakery.
(d) A bicycle shop.

4. Who does Almeda see slumped against her fence in the morning?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A child.
(c) A bum.
(d) A woman.

5. Who drives Hazel to Jack's aunt's house?
(a) Max.
(b) A cab driver.
(c) Antoinette.
(d) Dudley.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Hazel?

2. Who was Hazel's husband?

3. "Friend of My Youth" is a story about _____________________.

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

5. How many times has Almeda been married?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Hazel decided to travel to a town in Scotland and who does she meet right away when she arrives?

2. Who is Miss Dobie and what is her housekeeper, Judy's, reaction at seeing that Antoinette has driven Hazel instead of Dudley?

3. What is the theme of this story?

4. 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?

5. What are Brenda's conflicting feelings about the fight with Neil?

6. What are some of the possible lies in the story?

7. What is the town's attitude about the poor people in town?

8. 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?

9. What does Murray suspect that Victor and Barbara are doing and under what circumstances does Victor leave for good?

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

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