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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. 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”?
(a) Deborah May’s
(b) Elizabeth Taylor’s
(c) Rosa Bonheur’s
(d) Hester Sander’s

2. Where does Mrs. Palmer and her family life in “Anne”?
(a) Delaware
(b) Washington
(c) Connecticut
(d) Mississippi

3. Mrs. Palmer’s son tells her that who will bring the baby over for tea in the beginning of “Anne”?
(a) Janey
(b) Susan
(c) Jenny
(d) Sarah

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”?
(a) Tinder
(b) Blackie
(c) Petey
(d) Clopper

5. Who is coming to have tea with Mrs. Palmer’s daughter Susan in the beginning of “Anne”?
(a) Joe Hill
(b) Neff Sanders
(c) Jasper Tyrell
(d) Mr. Kirby

Short Answer Questions

1. What character on the train in “Anne” is said to be the “chairman of the Woman’s National Society for the Examination of Prisons”?

2. What character on the train in “Anne” is described as a “fat hunched man with the greasy black whiskers and gaudy chain”?andrew

3. By what pet name does the narrator recall her husband fondly calling her when they first married in “The Wife’s Story”?

4. The narrator in “The Wife’s Story” says that her husband and his family were all born where?

5. What is Mrs. Palmer’s first name in “Anne”?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Hester discover about her husband after she’s left him in “The Wife’s Story”?

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

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

5. What happens when Mrs. Palmer encounters George Forbes on the train in “Anne”?

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

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

8. How would you describe the ending of “The Wife’s Story”? What happens to Hester?

9. 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?

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

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