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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. Mrs. Palmer tells her daughter Susan that she dreamed she was how old again in the beginning of “Anne”?
(a) 18
(b) 20
(c) 12
(d) 16

2. A few weeks prior to when the narrator and her husband moved in “The Wife’s Story,” she describes a cool morning in what month?
(a) September
(b) July
(c) November
(d) August

3. What does Jacky take out from her pocket and show the narrator when she discusses the narrator’s husband’s past in “The Wife’s Story”?
(a) A wool mitten
(b) An alligator suitcase
(c) A morocco case
(d) A leather briefcase

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

5. What does the narrator say Anne had in her hands when she fell asleep in the beginning of “Anne”?
(a) Red roses
(b) Blueberries
(c) Lilacs
(d) Yellow daisies

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes “Jacky’s rough voice” as being like what in “The Wife’s Story”?

2. What does the narrator of “Anne” say that Anne had “ever since she was a baby, and felt it as she did her blood from her feet to her head, and triumphed and was happy in it”?

3. At what station does Mrs. Palmer get off the train and go to the trust company in “Anne”?

4. 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”?

5. The narrator of “The Wife’s Story” recalls a time in Paris when she had gone to whose studio outside of the city to see her “Horse-Fair”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mrs. Palmer’s relationship to Anne in “Anne”?

2. What does Hester do after leaving her family in “The Wife’s Story”?

3. Where does Mrs. Palmer travel in “Anne”? How does she fund her travels?

4. What was the ultimate changing point in the marriage between Hester and Dr. Manning in “The Wife’s Story”?

5. Who does Mrs. Palmer first encounter on the train in “Anne”? What is Mrs. Palmer’s reaction?

6. How would you describe the character of Hester in “The Wife’s Story”? What information is established about Hester in the opening of the story?

7. When and why did Hester’s marriage begin to change in “The Wife’s Story”?

8. Why is Hester’s family moving in “The Wife’s Story”? How does Hester feel about the move?

9. What is the character of Anne doing in the opening of the last story, “Anne”?

10. What happens to Mrs. Palmer in the denouement of “Anne”?

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