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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 describe the picture of Almeda in the book?
(a) Vibrant.
(b) Rather plain.
(c) Only 25.
(d) Gray hair.

2. What is unique about Almeda in her family?
(a) She has one blue eye and one green eye.
(b) She has a lisp.
(c) She is the last surviving member.
(d) She got gray hair at age 18.

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

4. Who is the protagonist of the story?
(a) Alameda Joiner Roth.
(b) Almeda Joyner Roth.
(c) Almeda Joynt Roth.
(d) Alexandra Joynt Roth.

5. Almeda's house is on the corner of Pearl and ___________ Streets.
(a) Dinsmore.
(b) Dufferin.
(c) Dunnedin.
(d) Delaney.

6. What is the source of Almeda's social withdrawal?
(a) The death of her family members.
(b) Her facial scars.
(c) Her limp.
(d) Her speech impediment.

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

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

9. Almeda would rather write about ____________ than cooking.
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Holidays.
(c) Dresses.
(d) Flowers.

10. What is the title of one of Almeda's poems?
(a) Drinking Champagne on the Meneseteung.
(b) Champlain at the Mouth of the Meneseteung.
(c) Complaints from the Mouth of Meneseteung.
(d) Champagne Bubbles Tickle My Mouth.

11. What did Almeda's father leave her when he died?
(a) The family business.
(b) There was nothing to leave.
(c) A pile of debts.
(d) The family home and estate.

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

13. What is the setting of MENESETEUNG?
(a) Ontario, Canada.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Boston.
(d) Harlem, New York.

14. How many sections are included in MENESETEUNG?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does not contribute to the beauty of the swamp?

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

3. From what does Almeda suffer?

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

5. MENESETEUNG is the story of a __________________.

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