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

2. How did the family eventually lose their shop?
(a) The boys blackmailed Maria for more money.
(b) They were robbed.
(c) They were blackballed in the town.
(d) The building burned down.

3. Which of the following has NOT prompted Jarvis to want to propose marriage to Almeda?
(a) Seeing her hair in disarray.
(b) Seeing her in her nightdress.
(c) Seeing her in an agitated state.
(d) Seeing her balancing her check book.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Brenda's lover tells her about a/an _______________ family which moved to his hometown.

3. What job did the narrator's mother have as a young woman?

4. What does Dudley do when Hazel tells him about Miss Dobie's poem?

5. What is Hazel's marital status?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Flora Grieves, and how did the narrator's mother know her?

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. How does the story of Janette serve as a metaphor for the struggles Judy and Antoinette experience regarding Dudley?

10. How did Flora try to mend the relationship with the narrator's mother, and what does the narrator think about how well she knew her own mother?

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