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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Palmer gets on a train going where after withdrawing her bonds at the trust company in “Anne”?
(a) New York
(b) Philadelphia
(c) Connecticut
(d) Boston

2. What does the narrator of “The Wife’s Story” say was the work of her life prior to her marriage?
(a) A painting
(b) An opera
(c) A novel
(d) A sculpture

3. What character on the train in “Anne” is described as a “fat hunched man with the greasy black whiskers and gaudy chain”?andrew
(a) George Forbes
(b) Job Palmer
(c) Mr. Corvill
(d) Peter

4. What kind of fruit does Mrs. Palmer’s farm produce in “Anne”?
(a) Pears
(b) Cherries
(c) Apples
(d) Peaches

5. The narrator describes a white bust of whom in the library of their home in “The Wife’s Story”?
(a) Aphrodite
(b) Psyche
(c) Athena
(d) Echo

6. What does the man on the train refer to Mrs. Palmer’s father’s name as in “Anne”?
(a) Judge Sinclair
(b) Judge Peters
(c) Judge Smith
(d) Judge Anderson

7. What is the name of the narrator’s husband in “The Wife’s Story”?
(a) Dr. Smithfield
(b) Mr. Mason
(c) Dr. Manning
(d) Dr. Anderson

8. The narrator in “The Wife’s Story” says that her husband and his family were all born where?
(a) Europe
(b) Canada
(c) The East
(d) The West

9. What Jacky’s last name in “The Wife’s Story”?
(a) Peterson
(b) Prichard
(c) Swarnoff
(d) Monchard

10. Mrs. Palmer discovers that a man named Mr. Corvill is on the train with her in “Anne.” Corvill is noted as the name of a famous what?
(a) Author
(b) Opera singer
(c) Figure-painter
(d) Politician

11. The narrator of “The Wife’s Story” says “It will be enough for me to give you the history of one day, - that of our first coming to” where?
(a) Newport
(b) Philadelphia
(c) Paris
(d) Boston

12. What is the name of Mrs. Palmer’s son in “Anne”?
(a) James
(b) Peter
(c) Joe
(d) Hugh

13. When Susan tries putting a shawl in Mrs. Palmer in “Anne,” Mrs. Palmer replies, “I am not in my dotage, child, that I cannot walk out without being wrapped up like” what?
(a) A child
(b) An Eskimo
(c) A monkey
(d) A Siberian

14. What is the name of the narrator’s husband’s old nag that she can hear neighing in the stables in “The Wife’s Story”?
(a) Clopper
(b) Tinder
(c) Petey
(d) Blackie

15. Mrs. Palmer remembers when she wakes up in “Anne” that George Forbes is now what?
(a) A sculpture artist
(b) An opera singer
(c) A famous painter
(d) A famous author

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is coming to have tea with Mrs. Palmer’s daughter Susan in the beginning of “Anne”?

2. The narrator states in “Anne” that Mrs. Palmer once went all the way to Philadelphia to hear an Italian stroller named what?

3. When Mrs. Palmer awakens, her servant tells her that who is at the house looking for his money in “Anne”?

4. Robert is said to have what profession in “The Wife’s Story”?

5. About how old does Mrs. Palmer appear when she looks in the mirror after awakening in “Anne”?

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