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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 type of car is Mamah attempting to start in Chapter 1?
(a) Cadillac.
(b) Union Runabout.
(c) Ford.
(d) Studebaker.

2. What music does Mamah say that Wright loves?
(a) Bach.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Rachmaninoff.
(d) Beethoven.

3. What is the date of the Goethe poem that Mamah purchases in Berlin?
(a) 1779.
(b) 1783.
(c) 1804.
(d) 1794.

4. What does Frank buy Mamah at the end of Chapter 20?
(a) Yellow shawl.
(b) White hat.
(c) Blue dress.
(d) Red scarf.

5. How far do Ellen Key and Mamah walk from the lecture hall to the train station?
(a) 4 blocks.
(b) 1/4 mile.
(c) 1/2 mile.
(d) 3 blocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. By Chapter 15, how many days have Frank and Mamah been together?

2. How old was the narrrator's father when he died?

3. As Mamah travels to Paris in Chapter 25, what does she see in the fields?

4. In Chapter 15, what are Frank and Mamah dancing to when she worries at the thought of John wondering why she left?

5. What does Mamah send John for Christmas in Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job does Mattie suggest Mamah apply for?

2. What does Ellen Key look like when Mamah hears her lecture for the first time?

3. What thought seizes Mamah with remorse in Chapter 15 when she is dancing with Frank?

4. What does Mattie remember happening just after her sister Jessie's death?

5. What advice does Mattie give Mamah regarding her relationship with Frank?

6. How did Mamah describe the Huertley house?

7. What projects is Frank working on with Wasmuth?

8. Who wanted to build a new house at the beginning of the novel and why?

9. Who was St. Hedwig?

10. How does Edwin take it when Mamah tells him about the affair?

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