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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. In what year was the book of poetry written?
(a) 1865.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1910.

2. Which of the Great Lakes is Champlain said to have sailed?
(a) Lake Superior.
(b) Lake Ontario.
(c) Lake Huron.
(d) Lake Erie.

3. How is Almeda portrayed in the story?
(a) A dour spinster.
(b) A blushing bride.
(c) A sickly girl.
(d) A vivacious young woman.

4. What does Almeda think she would be if Jarvis were to ask her for a drive in the country?
(a) Scared.
(b) Happy.
(c) Conflicted.
(d) Bored.

5. Almeda is removed from _________________ in the town.
(a) Politicians.
(b) The Rotary Club.
(c) The Garden Club.
(d) Undesirable elements.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is Almeda's spirit portrayed in the story?

3. Almeda's house is on the corner of Pearl and ___________ Streets.

4. What is Jarvis Poulter's marital status?

5. Where is there speculation about a courtship between Jarvis and Almeda?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Almeda live?

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

3. What is the undesirable area in town?

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

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

6. How many sections are in the story and how are they begun?

7. Why is the town populated with relatively young people under the age of 50?

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

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

10. What is the story of MENESETEUNG?

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