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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The grandson of the village peddler's last name is what?
(a) Skalari.
(b) Skutari.
(c) Sadari.
(d) Sumamni.

2. Daisy is living in what state, in chapter 8?
(a) Florida.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Alabama.

3. Who thinks the loss of the column is the reason for the depression?
(a) Maria.
(b) Magnus.
(c) Alice.
(d) Cuyler.

4. What is the name of Daisy's childhood housekeeper?
(a) Sabrina.
(b) Selma.
(c) Willimena.
(d) Labina.

5. Who believes that Daisy is upset because Jay didn't want to marry her?
(a) Maria.
(b) Jay.
(c) Magnus.
(d) Beverly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Daisy envisions her final words as what?

2. Daisy will be taking her first trip to Europe since what?

3. What is Beverly's relationship to Victoria?

4. During the trip, Victoria begins to feel what for her professor?

5. What did Barker die of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What person's possible reason for Daisy's depression makes the most sense to you and why?

2. What changes about the way Daisy handles her own mental state in chapter seven?

3. Describe Daisy's attitude, in chapter eight, surrounding Victoria and Lewis' courtship and finding Magnus Flett

4. Who is Skoot Skutari and how does he relate to the story?

5. What realization does Daisy make about the life she led?

6. What is the relationship between Daisy and her daughter, Alice?

7. How does stone play a role in chapter ten?

8. Based on everything you've read up to the end of chapter nine, do you feel that Daisy was a good wife and mother?

9. What is the overall feeling that you get from everyone's opinion of the source of Daisy's depression?

10. Does Daisy seem comfortable with her life when she is in her early 70s?

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