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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. What is Sandy's nationality?
(a) American.
(b) British.
(c) Welsh.
(d) Irish.

2. What does Mona bring to her doctor?
(a) Jazz CDs.
(b) Medical records.
(c) Christmas cookies.
(d) Plant food.

3. What is notable about all of Olive's guests?
(a) They are Catholics.
(b) They are artists.
(c) They are disabled.
(d) They are indigent.

4. Rose had a bad marriage to a man named ________________.
(a) Gus.
(b) Steven.
(c) Jack.
(d) Neil.

5. Who is the school teacher who befriends Vera?
(a) Miss Kerrigan.
(b) Miss Andrews.
(c) Miss Voiles.
(d) Miss Strawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nan's profession?

2. How many tenants does Olive have?

3. What city would Rose's father love to visit?

4. Who is the housekeeper hired by Joseph?

5. Eve can be characterized as a/an _____________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Olive's true character in contrast to the gracious person she pretends to be?

2. How does Pat thwart Stuart's plans for them to participate in an orgy?

3. Explain the reason for the trouble between Mary and her parents and what her life is like without them.

4. What is Eve's focus with the work she does for individual women?

5. What is the premise of "Brixton"?

6. What are Eve's philosophies for helping women get ahead and when does she know to move on to the next opportunity?

7. Who is Mary and what preoccupies her thoughts as the Christmas holiday approaches?

8. Why does Nan especially enjoy having Shirley as a customer?

9. Why is Vera's married life just as dysfunctional as her childhood had been?

10. Why has Jane requested a reunion with her friends, Helen and Margaret?

(see the answer keys)

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