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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator feels that there are not enough people who _______________________.
(a) Get higher educations.
(b) Learn a second language.
(c) Are curious enough to discover clues about people.
(d) Give to charity.

2. How often does Almeda take the nerve medicine?
(a) Twice a day.
(b) Only once.
(c) With meals.
(d) Four times a day.

3. From where did the narrator get the information to write the story?
(a) Personal interviews.
(b) Newspaper clippings.
(c) Family albums.
(d) Historical clues.

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

5. What awakens Almeda with a sense of anxiety?
(a) Sounds of angry people.
(b) The sound of breaking glass.
(c) A thud in the kitchen.
(d) A thunderstorm.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what physical event can Almeda's mental breakthrough be compared?

2. Whose obituary follows Almeda's?

3. What does the doctor prescribe for Almeda?

4. The narrator claims that the wrong conclusions may have been made about ________________.

5. In which room does Almeda sit all day?

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