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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. Where are Mattie's children being raised?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Colorado.

2. Who was Else married to?
(a) A university professor.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A military officer.
(d) A doctor.

3. According to Gertrude, how many nights had Julian slept with an ax on his pillow?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. What animals destroyed Mamah's belongings in the shed?
(a) Cats.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Raccoons.
(d) Skunks.

5. When Frank learns he has to take the local to Taliesin, what time does he think they will arrive?
(a) 6 p.m.
(b) 4 p.m.
(c) 10 p.m.
(d) 9 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to see Mamah about getting paid for bookcases?

2. What birds return in Chapter 46?

3. Where does John Cheney go to school in Oak Park?

4. In Chapter 41, what does Frank talk about planting?

5. What does Frank call Midway Gardens?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Mamah afraid of living in Wisconsin?

2. What interests John when he looks around Taliesin in Chapter 46?

3. What happened to John in Boulder after Mamah left?

4. In Chapter 50, how are Martha and John spending their days?

5. Why is Mamah excited that Margaret Anderson is interested in publishing Hÿmn to Nature"?

6. Why are Aunt Jenny and Nell worried about the newspaper stories circulating about Frank and Mamah?

7. How did Putnam's receive Mamah last summer when she tried to get them to publish Key's essays?

8. What does the "Wisconsin State Journal" report about the tragedy?

9. How was Christmas for Mamah in 1911 with her children?

10. Why doesn't the Japanese cook that Frank hired come to Taliesin?

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