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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Almeda's younger brother and sister die?
(a) House fire.
(b) Fever.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Car accident.

2. Section 2 explains the _________________ in the town.
(a) Culture.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Schools.
(d) Class distinction.

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

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

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

6. Which of the following does Almeda not have any skill for?
(a) Studying.
(b) Crocheting.
(c) Spelling.
(d) Writing.

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

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

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

10. Which of the following does not describe Almeda?
(a) Non-traditional.
(b) Unusual.
(c) Compliant.
(d) Eccentric.

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

12. Where does Almeda stay most of the time?
(a) At school.
(b) At her best friend's house.
(c) At home.
(d) At church.

13. How did Almeda's mother die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Grief.
(d) Cancer.

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

15. What can Almeda see from her window?
(a) The mountains.
(b) The meadow.
(c) The swamp.
(d) The town hall.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long is school in session each year?

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

4. What is Jarvis considered to be regarding marriage?

5. What is the source of Almeda's social withdrawal?

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