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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. When will Edwin meet with Mamah to discuss the terms of the divorce?

2. In Chapter 45, what does Elinor serve Mamah?

3. What does Else think a man is seducing a pretty young woman with quotes of?

4. Who commissioned Wright to build Midway Gardens?

5. What birds return in Chapter 46?

Short Essay Questions

1. What meals are served to the men working on Frank and Mamah's house daily?

2. What does Mamah do when she goes to the cafe each morning?

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

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

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

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

7. How and where is Mamah buried?

8. How does Mamah know the performer at the cafe in Chapter 31?

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

10. What do the men tell Mamah about Julian?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lizzie has never married. Why hasn't Lizzie ever married?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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