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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where did Frank buy furniture without consulting Mamah?

2. Who does Mamah tell Else are the moderns in Chicago?

3. What paper does the reporter work for who talks to Frank, Ed, and John on the train?

4. What does Herwarth Walden suggest Mamah order to eat?

5. Who was Else married to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is John painting at the beginning of Chapter 52?

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

4. Is Mamah afraid of living in Wisconsin?

5. What do the men tell Mamah about Julian?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Dorothea Barton treat Mamah when they meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Frank buries Mamah and mourns for her. How will Frank go on without her?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 31, Mamah becomes friends with a woman named Else who is a poet. Why do the two women become friends?

Essay Topic 3

Mamah never thought that Mattie should have married Alden. Why didn't Mamah think Mattie should have married Alden, and why does Mamah change her mind about the marriage?

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