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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is called into question at the end of the story?
(a) Romance.
(b) Religion.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Authenticity.

2. What makes Almeda content?
(a) Painting.
(b) Figuring out her life's work.
(c) Taking the nerve tonic.
(d) Reading love stories.

3. What does Jarvis do to the woman at the gate?
(a) Kicks her.
(b) Throws water on her.
(c) Helps her up.
(d) Spits on her.

4. Why does Almeda stop taking the nerve medicine?
(a) She is too sleepy.
(b) It makes her nauseous.
(c) She gets jittery.
(d) It gives her wild dreams.

5. What overflows in Almeda's house?
(a) The grape juice.
(b) The commode.
(c) The kitchen sink.
(d) The bathtub.

6. What does the doctor think would make Almeda feel better?
(a) Painting.
(b) A vacation.
(c) Reducing stress.
(d) Getting married.

7. What does Almeda do when trying to decide how to handle the situation outside her house?
(a) Paces the floor.
(b) Turns off all the lights.
(c) Calls the police.
(d) Falls asleep.

8. In what year did Almeda die?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1910.
(d) 2004.

9. The newspaper suggests that Almeda's death was due to _____________________.
(a) A freak accident.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Harassment by youth.

10. The narrator has _____________ many details of the story.
(a) Researched.
(b) Authenticated.
(c) Guessed on.
(d) Fabricated.

11. Which of the following is not a state into which Almeda goes as a result of the nerve tonic?
(a) Independence.
(b) Awareness.
(c) Repose.
(d) Higher creativity.

12. To what physical event can Almeda's mental breakthrough be compared?
(a) Menstruation.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Migraine.
(d) Bronchitis.

13. What is the literary technique called when the narrator ends the story by discovering Almeda's grave?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Flashback.

14. For whom does Almeda leave a note?
(a) Her minister.
(b) Jarvis.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her cleaning lady.

15. What will the poem signify for Almeda?
(a) An opportunity to be famous.
(b) The chance to get published.
(c) The channeling of all brutal and unpleasant aspects of life.
(d) A way for people to know the real Almeda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator go at the end of the story?

2. The first news clipping in Section 6 reports Almeda's ______________ and death.

3. Almeda thinks the items around her ________________.

4. What does Almeda put into her beverage?

5. What does the doctor prescribe for Almeda?

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