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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does not enter into Almeda's idea of what marriage would be like?
(a) Reliance.
(b) Dependence.
(c) Responsibility.
(d) Fun.

2. Where does Almeda think that Jarvis might take her?
(a) A ride in the country.
(b) Dinner and dancing.
(c) Church social.
(d) The opera.

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

4. How many years have passed since the publication of Almeda's book?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

5. What is the narrator's name?
(a) Percy.
(b) Alicia.
(c) It is not known.
(d) Jane.

6. In what business is Jarvis Poulter engaged?
(a) Education.
(b) Finance.
(c) Law.
(d) Salt mines.

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

8. Almeda's lifestyle could be characterized as _______________.
(a) Neglected.
(b) Privileged.
(c) Bohemian.
(d) Outcast.

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

10. What does Almeda think she would be if Jarvis were to ask her for a drive in the country?
(a) Conflicted.
(b) Scared.
(c) Happy.
(d) Bored.

11. Which of the Great Lakes is Champlain said to have sailed?
(a) Lake Ontario.
(b) Lake Huron.
(c) Lake Erie.
(d) Lake Superior.

12. What does Jarvis Poulter take from the town to save money at home?
(a) Food and coal.
(b) Water and food.
(c) Water and gas.
(d) Water and coal.

13. Who built the home in which Almeda lives?
(a) Her father.
(b) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) An unknown man.

14. How do the boys in town move Queen Aggie from place to place?
(a) In a car.
(b) In a wagon.
(c) In a wheelbarrow.
(d) On a horse.

15. Who is the author of MENESETEUNG?
(a) Alice Monrovia.
(b) Alice Munro.
(c) Allison Munro.
(d) Alicia Monroe.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Ontario of Almeda's time was called ______________________.

2. How can Jarvis Poulter's lifestyle be characterized?

3. Jarvis had come to town to make a fortune in ___________.

4. How long has Jarvis Poulter been in town?

5. What does Almeda try to project around Jarvis?

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