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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Olive call Isabelle Daignault when she first sees her?
(a) Witchy hair.
(b) Mousy pants.
(c) Cripple.
(d) Old hag.

2. What immigrants are settle in Shirley Falls these days?
(a) Nigerians.
(b) Rohingyas.
(c) Iraquis.
(d) Somalis.

3. Who comes to visit after Olive falls?
(a) Halima.
(b) Ethel.
(c) Jane.
(d) Betty.

4. How old is Olive when she has a heart attack?
(a) 84.
(b) 83.
(c) 80.
(d) 82.

5. What does Christopher plant for Olive when he brings her a typewriter?
(a) Geraniums.
(b) Rosebushes.
(c) Herbs.
(d) Tomatoes.

6. When Olive was growing up in Shirley Falls, what language could often be heard on the buses?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Italian.
(c) French.
(d) German.

7. How old is Lisa MacPherson in "The End of the Civil War Days"?
(a) Close to 40.
(b) Late 30s.
(c) 43.
(d) 39.

8. In "The Poet," how long has Olive been using a cane?
(a) 5 weeks.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 3 weeks.

9. When Olive asks Isabelle to eat with her and the Chipmans, how long has Isabelle been at Maple Tree Apartments?
(a) 1 months.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 2 months.

10. What is the name of Bob's ex-wife?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Pam.
(c) Meg.
(d) Sylvia.

11. When Jack and Olive went to Oslo, what did Olive have to eat on the flight home?
(a) Egg salad sandwich.
(b) Grilled cheese and bacon sandwich.
(c) Roast beef sandwich.
(d) Ham and cheese sandwich.

12. What did Jack use to make on the weekends when Cassie was a girl?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Waffles.
(c) Crepes.
(d) French toast.

13. What trees are in the park where Fergus and the other men set up their Civil War encampment?
(a) White pine and birch.
(b) Locust and beech.
(c) Oak and maples.
(d) Elms and hickorys.

14. How long was Halima's mother in a camp in Kenya?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 9 years.

15. Where does Fergus wake up at the end of "The End of the Civil War Days"?
(a) Hospital.
(b) His bed.
(c) His truck.
(d) Backyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "Exiles," who stays with Helen?

2. Where did Elaine Croft finally make tenure?

3. At the beginning of "Friend," how long has Olive lived at Maple Tree Apartments?

4. Where did Isabelle have a job as a secretary after her daughter was born?

5. In "Pedicure," how long has it been since Betsy died?

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