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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irene's response to Clare's letter is that she
(a) Desperately wants to see her.
(b) Wants to rekindle their friendship.
(c) Really does not want to see her.
(d) Hopes Clare will come soon.

2. When Clare mentions she would do anything to get what she wants, it
(a) Was meant to alert Brian of her intentions.
(b) Exposes her violent nature.
(c) Should have been a clue for Irene.
(d) Indicates danger to the children.

3. At all costs, Irene does not want to
(a) Walk in the snow.
(b) Lose Brian.
(c) Lose Felise as a friend.
(d) Offend Clare.

4. Where would Brian prefer to live?
(a) South America.
(b) Southern Europe.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Switzerland.

5. At the tea, Irene is
(a) Clearly tired of Hugh Wentworth.
(b) Unusually chatty.
(c) Preoccupied with her children.
(d) Her usual charming self.

6. Brian demands that Irene
(a) Write back to Clare.
(b) Stop telling dirty jokes.
(c) Stop talking to him.
(d) Not molly-coddle their son.

7. Helga grows tired and ill from
(a) The dirt and squalor.
(b) Continuous child bearing.
(c) Bad food.
(d) Gossip and loneliness.

8. Soon after Helga is well enough to be out of bed
(a) She rejects Green's advances.
(b) She prays for redemption.
(c) She begins to give birth to her fifth child.
(d) She packs up to leave.

9. Clare's admission that she is lacking in morals
(a) Foreshadows her affair with Brian.
(b) Makes Irene feel sorry for her.
(c) Makes Irene want her away from the children.
(d) Is just Clare being manipulative again.

10. Helga finds some satisfaction in
(a) Changing the women in the congregation.
(b) Living in the south.
(c) Being a preacher's wife.
(d) Living in poverty.

11. Irene allowing Clare into the private rooms of the house symbolizes
(a) Irene's wish that Clare will love her sons.
(b) Irene's invitation to invade her family.
(c) Irene allowing herself to be vulnerable.
(d) Irene's desire to show Clare her wealth.

12. Irene is determined to keep her life
(a) Peaceful and serene.
(b) Spontaneous and fun.
(c) Orderly and managed.
(d) Wild and carefree.

13. What is the implication that surrounds Clare's rich white male companions?
(a) They pay Clare for housekeeping.
(b) They find Clare to be a good dancer.
(c) They find Clare to be a hard worker.
(d) They are paying a good price for Clare's company.

14. Clare married her husband because
(a) She loves him.
(b) She wanted a banker.
(c) She wanted children.
(d) He has money.

15. Green's bad habits are outweighed by his
(a) Good looks.
(b) Devotion to her.
(c) Goodness and holiness.
(d) Long sermons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Irene want Clare in her life again?

2. Why does Irene feel it unsafe for Clare to come back?

3. John Bellew enters Felise's apartment in a state of

4. At the tea, Clare is

5. Irene's encounter with John Bellew

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