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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often is a trip made by car to the station?
(a) Once every two weeks.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Once every two months.
(d) Once a month.

2. How much money did Dick borrow after he and Mary got married?
(a) Two hundred pounds.
(b) Ten thousand shillings.
(c) Seventy-five euros.
(d) Twenty farthings.

3. Of what did Mary's brother and sister die?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Diabetes.

4. What type of clothes does Mary buy for herself?
(a) Tailor-made.
(b) Designer.
(c) Childish and simple.
(d) Elegant and expensive.

5. What was Mary's strength and weakness?
(a) Wits.
(b) Stubbornness.
(c) Shyness.
(d) Beauty.

6. What is the name of the native that brings tea in the morning?
(a) Old boy.
(b) Moses.
(c) John.
(d) Samson.

7. How did Mary wear her hair?
(a) Unkempt and messy.
(b) Long and free.
(c) In a short ponytail.
(d) Like a little girl.

8. What does Mary always do in the afternoon?
(a) Knit.
(b) Work in the store for hours.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Cry.

9. What does Mary notice in the newspaper?
(a) An announcement of marriage.
(b) A job ad.
(c) The death notice of an old friend.
(d) An article on beekeeping.

10. What pictures does Dick have on his wall?
(a) A strawberry basket woman and a woman of about thirty.
(b) A pepper hat girl and an infant.
(c) A chocolate box lady and a child.
(d) A candy-striped lass and a pleasant-looking grandmother.

11. What was Mary afraid of above all else?
(a) Being alone.
(b) Dying.
(c) Men.
(d) Herself.

12. How does Samson's situation change?
(a) It improves daily.
(b) It has its ups and downs.
(c) It says the same.
(d) It gets worse.

13. What changes Mary's attitude towards her life?
(a) She wakes up one day and realizes that she is miserable.
(b) She learns that she was adopted.
(c) She meets a man and falls instantly in love.
(d) She overhears her friends talking about how she will never get married.

14. What does Mary wish Dick would install in the house?
(a) Ceilings.
(b) Windows.
(c) Air conditioning.
(d) Proper flooring.

15. Who is found murdered?
(a) John Turner.
(b) Richard Turner.
(c) Tina Turner.
(d) Mary Turner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary accuse Samson of stealing?

2. What does Mary do for most of the day?

3. At what time do Mary and Dick reach the farm?

4. About what do Dick and Mary fight?

5. What does Mary forget to give the boy?

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