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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jarvis considered to be regarding marriage?
(a) A suitable prospect.
(b) A confirmed bachelor.
(c) A loser.
(d) Not a good match for Almeda.

2. What is the undesirable part of town called?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Finneytown.
(c) Pearl Street swamp.
(d) Skid Row.

3. Almeda has no instincts for _________________.
(a) Domestic arts.
(b) Visual arts.
(c) Martial arts.
(d) Musical arts.

4. How is Almeda portrayed in the story?
(a) A vivacious young woman.
(b) A sickly girl.
(c) A dour spinster.
(d) A blushing bride.

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

6. Almeda can smell soap and ______________ scents on Jarvis' jacket.
(a) After shave.
(b) Hair tonic.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Cologne.

7. Where is there speculation about a courtship between Jarvis and Almeda?
(a) In the Vidette.
(b) In the restaurants.
(c) In church.
(d) In the women's clubs.

8. What is the name of the book from which the lines at the beginning of each section are taken?
(a) Regrets.
(b) Salutations.
(c) Promises.
(d) Offerings.

9. Which of the following does the narrator not mention as inhabiting the town?
(a) Philanthropists.
(b) Thieves.
(c) Con men.
(d) Hoodlums.

10. The Ontario of Almeda's time was called ______________________.
(a) Canada's Beginning.
(b) Canada's Best.
(c) The true Canada.
(d) Canada West.

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

12. In what year was the book of poetry written?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1865.
(d) 2002.

13. What is the name of the local newspaper in town?
(a) Vidette.
(b) Vigilante.
(c) Times.
(d) Observer.

14. In what year do the events of Section 2 occur?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1972.

15. What would Almeda like to receive from Jarvis?
(a) Funding for the new library.
(b) Some romantic attentions.
(c) His vote for city council member.
(d) Some stock advice.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what business is Jarvis Poulter engaged?

2. What is the title of one of Almeda's poems?

3. Which of the following is not the typical assumption for a woman's life in the late a1880s?

4. What was the nature of Almeda's father's business?

5. What is the time period of MENESETEUNG?

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