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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jarvis tell the woman at the gate?
(a) To go home where she belongs.
(b) To go to breakfast with the money he gave her.
(c) To get to the homeless shelter.
(d) To get to an AA meeting.

2. The narrator thinks it is important to discover ____________________.
(a) Gold.
(b) Historical clues.
(c) Ancestors.
(d) Religious artifacts.

3. Whose obituary follows Almeda's?
(a) Jarvis'.
(b) Her father's.
(c) Her cook's.
(d) Queen Aggie.

4. Almeda thinks the items around her ________________.
(a) Are out of style.
(b) Are beautiful.
(c) Are shabby.
(d) Come alive.

5. On what does Almeda sit?
(a) Her bed.
(b) Lots of pillows.
(c) A divan.
(d) The floor.

6. What does Almeda decide to call her poem?
(a) The Missouri.
(b) The Meneseteung.
(c) The Mississippi.
(d) The Monongahela.

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

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

9. The narrator claims that the wrong conclusions may have been made about ________________.
(a) Queen Aggie.
(b) Alameda.
(c) Canada.
(d) Jarvis.

10. According to the narrator, Almeda is _____________________.
(a) Insane.
(b) Completely unique.
(c) One of thousands of women.
(d) Fictional.

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

12. What kind of jelly does Almeda decide to make one day?
(a) Apple.
(b) Elderberry.
(c) Strawberry.
(d) Grape.

13. What information about Almeda is published in the local paper?
(a) Her wedding announcement.
(b) Her engagement picture.
(c) Her obituary.
(d) Her poetry award.

14. Section 6 is told via what format?
(a) Newspaper clippings.
(b) Poems.
(c) Essays.
(d) Journal entries.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Almeda not do in order to increase her activity level?

2. What does Almeda put into her beverage?

3. Where does Almeda go after Jarvis leaves?

4. In which room does Almeda sit all day?

5. The narrator admits to the possibility of ___________ in the story.

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