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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. Vera had a wretched _________________.
(a) Blind date.
(b) Childhood.
(c) Car buying experience.
(d) First day on her new job.

2. What is Nan's profession?
(a) Editor.
(b) Seamstress.
(c) Hatmaker.
(d) Nurse.

3. What is Mary's nationality?
(a) Irish.
(b) British.
(c) German.
(d) Italian.

4. Who does Vera marry?
(a) Zachary.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Martin.
(d) Philip.

5. What is Mary's last name?
(a) Wright.
(b) O'Malley.
(c) Brennan.
(d) Shannon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What topic does "Seven Sisters" explore?

2. How old was Vera when she had rheumatic fever?

3. With what disease has Mona been diagnosed?

4. What illness does Jane's husband have?

5. Stuart and Pat answer an ad for a/an ______________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Rose want to take her father to Paris?

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 "Highbury & Islington"?

6. What does Mona learn about her own mother's view of her death from cancer that is similar to her own?

7. What is the premise of "Pimlico"?

8. What is the premise of "Green Park"?

9. How does Shirley prove to be the most sensitive person in the story?

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

(see the answer keys)

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