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

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

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

4. How does Almeda let Jarvis know that she won't be going to church today?
(a) She puts a note on her door.
(b) She telephones him.
(c) She puts a note on his door.
(d) She puts a note under the windshield of his car.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following sounds does Almeda NOT hear when she is awakened one night?

2. What does Neil eventually admit to Brenda?

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

4. Which of the following is NOT something that Murray's wife likes to do?

5. With what disease is Ellie diagnosed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the premise of "Meneseteung"?

3. 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?

4. What does the fight between Brenda and Neil signify?

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

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

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

8. What awakens Almeda in the night and what does she do about the disruption?

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

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

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