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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. Who asks Mamah if she can publish "Hymn to Nature"?

2. Who was Else married to?

3. Who commissioned Wright to build Midway Gardens?

4. What does Frank give Mamah for their first Christmas in Wisconsin?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Catherine and Edwin are interviewed by reporters. In what ways do they both stand behind their spouses? Why might they do this?

Essay Topic 2

Frank and Mamah attempt to keep their relationship a secret. What lengths do they go to to keep the relationship a secret and how successful are their efforts?

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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