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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Almeda has no instincts for _________________.
(a) Visual arts.
(b) Domestic arts.
(c) Musical arts.
(d) Martial arts.

5. What is the role of the narrator in MENESETEUNG?
(a) Curious observer.
(b) Greek chorus.
(c) Stage manager.
(d) Conscience.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the town attract relatively young people?

2. Who is the author of MENESETEUNG?

3. What do the boys of the town have time to do?

4. What is the undesirable part of town called?

5. Where does Almeda stay most of the time?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the pressures of society weigh on Almeda?

2. How is Almeda conflicted by the possibility of Jarvis' asking her to go for a ride in the country?

3. What role did Almeda assume for her father after her mother died?

4. What happens when Almeda decides to make grape jelly one day?

5. How does Almeda behave in her life?

6. What does Almeda think about in her delirious state?

7. What frugal activities does Jarvis do even though he is a wealthy man?

8. How does the author symbolize how Almeda is out of touch with what goes on in the town, even near her own home?

9. Who is Queen Aggie and what is her role in the town?

10. Why does Almeda weigh the existence of a man in her life?

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