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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Almeda go after Jarvis leaves?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) Back to bed.
(c) The privy.
(d) A cafe.

2. What can happen when people research history?
(a) They can withhold their findings.
(b) They can come to the wrong conclusions.
(c) They can destroy the facts.
(d) They can tell too much.

3. In which room does Almeda sit all day?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) Her bedroom.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The parlor.

4. What does Almeda put on her front door?
(a) A Halloween decoration.
(b) A note.
(c) A Christmas decoration.
(d) A bell.

5. What does Almeda leave the hot, cooked grapes in overnight?
(a) Big bowls.
(b) Colander.
(c) Cheesecloth bag.
(d) Food strainer.

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

7. Why can Almeda not discern that the woman at the gate is drunk and not dead?
(a) It is too dark.
(b) The woman is not moving.
(c) She has led a sheltered existence.
(d) The woman has soiled herself.

8. Which of the following does Almeda not do in order to increase her activity level?
(a) Bakes cakes.
(b) Join a gym.
(c) Cleans the house.
(d) Wallpapers.

9. The narrator could not possibly know ________________________.
(a) What Almeda wore.
(b) What Almeda wrote.
(c) What church Almeda attended.
(d) Almeda's thoughts.

10. When does the narrator tell about going to Alameda's grave?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1880s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 2003.

11. To what does Almeda attribute her ill feelings this morning?
(a) Allergies.
(b) Food intolerance.
(c) Menstruation.
(d) The flu.

12. What does Almeda think she hears outside?
(a) A street light being broken.
(b) A gunshot.
(c) Someone being murdered.
(d) A rock thrown through her window.

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

14. What is happening in the house to mirror Almeda's menstrual flow?
(a) Overflowing pitcher of cranberry juice.
(b) Overflowing grape juice.
(c) A bottle of red wine vinegar.
(d) A spilled bottle of wine.

15. Which of the following does the doctor not recommend for Almeda?
(a) Joining a garden club.
(b) Washing dishes.
(c) Doing the laundry.
(d) Scrubbing floors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of jelly does Almeda decide to make one day?

2. What would Almeda like to include in a poem?

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

4. What does Jarvis immediately surmise about the condition of the woman at the gate?

5. What does Jarvis' callous behavior show to Almeda?

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