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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. All the people in town are under what age?
(a) 100.
(b) 50.
(c) 30.
(d) 75.

2. MENESETEUNG is the story of a __________________.
(a) Teacher.
(b) Queen.
(c) Frontierswoman.
(d) Nurse.

3. Which of the following does not contribute to the beauty of the swamp?
(a) Tall trees.
(b) Mist.
(c) Sunlight.
(d) Parks.

4. Why can Almeda not discern that the woman at the gate is drunk and not dead?
(a) She has led a sheltered existence.
(b) The woman is not moving.
(c) It is too dark.
(d) The woman has soiled herself.

5. Which of the following is not the typical assumption for a woman's life in the late a1880s?
(a) Hostess.
(b) Unmarried poet.
(c) Wife.
(d) Mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jarvis never escorts Almeda to _____________.

2. Almeda can smell soap and ______________ scents on Jarvis' jacket.

3. Which of the following does Jarvis not note about Almeda this morning?

4. How does the author show Almeda's naivete about the life of the lower class people in town?

5. Why does Almeda stop taking the nerve medicine?

(see the answer key)

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