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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. Which of the following does not contribute to the beauty of the swamp?
(a) Sunlight.
(b) Mist.
(c) Tall trees.
(d) Parks.

2. Who is the author of MENESETEUNG?
(a) Allison Munro.
(b) Alice Munro.
(c) Alice Monrovia.
(d) Alicia Monroe.

3. When does Almeda think the swamp is the loveliest?
(a) High noon.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Late afternoon.
(d) The morning.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does Almeda suffer?

2. Who is the protagonist of the story?

3. Almeda is removed from _________________ in the town.

4. What is the setting of MENESETEUNG?

5. What would Almeda like to receive from Jarvis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Almeda decide that the name and premise of her amazing poem will be?

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

3. Into what activities does Almeda immerse herself in order to get more physically tired?

4. How does the author show that Almeda is in a state of delirium from the nerve tonic?

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

6. What does Almeda prefer over domestic activities?

7. What is Almeda shocked by the woman's body and whose help does she enlist?

8. 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?

9. What makes Jarvis change his mind about courting Almeda?

10. To what can Almeda attribute part of her ill feelings this morning?

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