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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 Malcolm feel about musicians?
(a) All of these.
(b) They were effeminate.
(c) They made little money.
(d) They were weak.

2. What was the dressmakers name?
(a) Miss Auberchild.
(b) Miss Fairchild.
(c) Miss Auburdeen.
(d) Miss Fairleen.

3. What terrified Olivia?
(a) Conjugal relations.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) A honeymoon.
(d) Both of these.

4. At what age was Olivia already considered a spinster?
(a) Twenty-six.
(b) Twenty-three.
(c) Twenty-four.
(d) Twenty-two.

5. Why did Olivia greet Malcolm warmly when he had approached her in the nursery?
(a) She thought that he might want to actually be a father to his children.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) She thought he had finally taken a father's interest in his children.
(d) Both of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Olivia not to discuss at the table?

2. Malcolm didn't inform his father about what?

3. Why shouldn't Olivia feel subordinate to Malcolm's father's new wife?

4. What objections does Olivia put in about Garland's age?

5. What characteristic(s) of women did Malcolm despise?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the guests make Olivia feel at her reception?

2. Why did Olivia's father encourage her to go to business school?

3. How did Olivia feel about meeting Malcolm and how did she feel once she had met him?

4. How did Mal's birth revive Olivia's hopes for love? What actually occurred?

5. How does Malcolm feel about marriage?

6. What began happening to Alicia and Garland?

7. What had Olivia been certain about in regards to the attic?

8. In what way did Malcolm acknowledge Olivia's desire to be loved?

9. What memory did Olivia have that made her feel claustrophobic?

10. How did Malcolm react to the news that Olivia couldn't have any more children after Joel?

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