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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. From whose perspective is MENESETEUNG told?
(a) Mrs. Roth.
(b) Jane.
(c) Almeda.
(d) A narrator.

2. What does Almeda try to project around Jarvis?
(a) An aura of availability.
(b) An aura of assurance.
(c) An aura of dependence.
(d) An aura of reserve.

3. What is Almeda's social status in town?
(a) Lower class.
(b) Middle class.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Upper class.

4. What is the time period of MENESETEUNG?
(a) Late-1700s.
(b) Late-1800s.
(c) Late-1900s.
(d) Mid-1900s.

5. Jarvis had come to town to make a fortune in ___________.
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Oil.
(c) Coal.
(d) Manufacturing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the book from which the lines at the beginning of each section are taken?

3. Why does the town attract relatively young people?

4. Who is the protagonist of the story?

5. How long is school in session each year?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author indicate Almeda's social standing in the town?

2. How is Almeda torn by what she sees married women doing to their husbands and the desire for Jarvis to show some sign of affection?

3. What does Almeda see when she looks outside for the noise and what does she do about what she discovers?

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

5. What is the narrator's opinion on the individual when recounting history?

6. What does Almeda do as she sits in her dark house?

7. What are the narrator's feelings about people's lack of curiosity regarding other people?

8. What is Almeda's favorite topic to write about?

9. What does Almeda's doctor think would be a good remedy for her sleeplessness?

10. What is the symbolism of Almeda's poem?

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