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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Almeda plan to do with the jelly?
(a) Donate it to food banks.
(b) Give it to a church fundraiser.
(c) Sell it to gift shops.
(d) Give it away as Christmas gifts.

2. According to the narrator, each __________ may not really matter.
(a) Historian.
(b) Poet.
(c) Almeda.
(d) Writer.

3. Which of the following does Almeda not do in order to increase her activity level?
(a) Join a gym.
(b) Bakes cakes.
(c) Cleans the house.
(d) Wallpapers.

4. The newspaper suggests that Almeda's death was due to _____________________.
(a) Cancer.
(b) Harassment by youth.
(c) A freak accident.
(d) Alcoholism.

5. Which of the following is not a state into which Almeda goes as a result of the nerve tonic?
(a) Higher creativity.
(b) Repose.
(c) Awareness.
(d) Independence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the doctor not recommend for Almeda?

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

3. What shocks Almeda when she sees the woman?

4. From where did the narrator get the information to write the story?

5. For whom is the nerve tonic primarily prescribed?

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