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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 & 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the narrator in Night Women?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 25.
(d) 14

2. Who comes to the narrator on Tuesdays and Saturdays?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A writer.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A soldier.

3. Why does the narrator’s roof still have holes in it?
(a) She does likes that the holes let the cooking smoke out.
(b) Her suitors are not men who know how to fix roofs.
(c) Her suitors like to watch the stars through them.
(d) She can never make enough to fix them.

4. What does the narrator of Night Women wear to tempt her suitors?
(a) A red coat.
(b) A red scarf.
(c) Red stockings.
(d) Red underwear.

5. What is remarkable about Catherine’s sunbathing?
(a) She never uses sunscreen.
(b) She remains quite fair.
(c) She never changes color.
(d) She never complains about her sunburn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator’s mother principally concerned with?

2. How does the reader learn that the baby the narrator has found is dead?

3. What is the girl’s last hope, in the story?

4. How does the girl’s mother’s health change the next time she sees her?

5. What happens to even miscarried children in Ville Rose, according to the narrator?

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