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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the nature of Almeda's father's business?
(a) Dry goods.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Law.
(d) Harnesses.

2. When does Almeda think the swamp is the loveliest?
(a) High noon.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Late afternoon.
(d) The morning.

3. Almeda lives in a ________________ society.
(a) Cultural.
(b) Male-dominated.
(c) Primitive.
(d) Wealthy.

4. What is unique about Queen Aggie?
(a) She can speak ten languages.
(b) She is always drunk.
(c) She has a white streak on the front of her hair.
(d) She can put her legs behind her head.

5. Which of the following does not describe the picture of Almeda in the book?
(a) Rather plain.
(b) Only 25.
(c) Vibrant.
(d) Gray hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the boys in town move Queen Aggie from place to place?

2. How did Almeda's younger brother and sister die?

3. Which of the following does the narrator not mention as inhabiting the town?

4. The fact that Almeda is an independent spirit and does not fit into 1800s society but would be applauded in the 1990s is called ______________.

5. In what year was the book of poetry written?

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