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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The nerve tonic is meant to __________ Almeda.
(a) Energize.
(b) Stimulate.
(c) Calm.
(d) Regulate.

2. What does Almeda put on to go outside and check on the woman?
(a) A cape.
(b) A raincoat.
(c) A hat.
(d) A shawl.

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

4. The narrator thinks it is fair to _______________.
(a) Fictionalize a person.
(b) Bend the truth.
(c) Assume some things.
(d) Create high drama.

5. Where did the newspaper clippings appear?
(a) Poetry Monthly.
(b) The Times.
(c) The Vidette.
(d) The Observer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary technique does the author use to compare the flow of Almeda's emotional pain to a river?

2. What shocks Almeda when she sees the woman?

3. To what does Almeda attribute her ill feelings this morning?

4. What would Almeda love to write?

5. What does the narrator say about life?

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