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

2. What does Robert do when Ellie dies?
(a) Marries the nurse.
(b) Moves to California.
(c) Sells the farm.
(d) Shoots himself.

3. With what disease is Ellie diagnosed?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Congestive Heart Failure.

4. What does Jarvis tell Almeda which means that he intends to propose marriage?
(a) He wants to take her on a vacation.
(b) He wants her to meet with him and his banker.
(c) He wants to take her to his parents' home for dinner.
(d) He will walk with her to church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hazel thinks that it is ____________________ that makes people happy.

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

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

4. Why does Flora write a letter to the narrator after a long time of no correspondence?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why had Robert married Ellie instead of Flora, and how did Ellie's health deteriorate?

2. What is the premise of "Meneseteung"?

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

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

5. In what way does Almeda realize that she has been approaching life all wrong, and how does she see violence symbolized in her life?

6. Why is the affair with Neil so important to Brenda?

7. What role does Murray's paranoia play in the story?

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

9. What is life like for women in Almeda's town?

10. Why would Murray have secretly wanted Barbara to have had an affair?

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