View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Almeda content?
(a) Figuring out her life's work.
(b) Painting.
(c) Reading love stories.
(d) Taking the nerve tonic.

2. What can Almeda see from her window?
(a) The swamp.
(b) The meadow.
(c) The mountains.
(d) The town hall.

3. In which room does Almeda sit all day?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The dining room.
(c) Her bedroom.
(d) The parlor.

4. What literary technique does the author use to compare the flow of Almeda's emotional pain to a river?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Metaphor.

5. What does Almeda decide to call her poem?
(a) The Meneseteung.
(b) The Mississippi.
(c) The Monongahela.
(d) The Missouri.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who built the home in which Almeda lives?

2. How long has Jarvis Poulter been in town?

3. What do the boys of the town have time to do?

4. To what physical event can Almeda's mental breakthrough be compared?

5. Almeda keeps her distance both physically and _______________ in town.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 180 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample