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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 instrument is being played when Mamah decides to take a photo of the workingmen in Chapter 37?
(a) Flute.
(b) Piano.
(c) Accordion.
(d) Harmonica.

2. What do Frank and Edwin ask that coffins be made from?
(a) White pine.
(b) Maple.
(c) Oak.
(d) Cherry.

3. What does Mamah call women in the introduction to her book?
(a) Courageous.
(b) Storytellers.
(c) Nurturers.
(d) Strong.

4. What paper does the reporter work for who talks to Frank, Ed, and John on the train?
(a) Chicago Citizen.
(b) Chicago Sun Times.
(c) Milwaukee Journal.
(d) Chicago Tribune.

5. In Chapter 45, how old is Louise?
(a) 46.
(b) 51.
(c) 49.
(d) 54.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John show Mamah when she first sees him?

2. How old is Billy Weston?

3. Where does Else's sister live?

4. When was Frank born according to Anna Wright?

5. What does Mamah buy when she reaches Chicago in Chapter 45?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mamah take the children to the dry-good store after Edwin leaves them at Taliesin?

2. How do Frank, Edwin, and John get seats on the train without waiting in line?

3. What do Frank and Mamah have to plant at Taliesin?

4. How and where is Mamah buried?

5. Why does Mamah leave Frank at the end of Chapter 44?

6. At the beginning of Chapter 31, what is the female performer wearing?

7. What does Mamah learn when she tracks down Huebsch?

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

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

10. How does Mamah decide to get her hair cut?

(see the answer keys)

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