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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. What reason does Warren give for the depression?
(a) Feeling bored.
(b) Feeling tired.
(c) Feeling ill.
(d) Feeling cheated.

2. What is the minister's name?
(a) Rock.
(b) Rick.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Ron.

3. What possible reason does Beverly give for the depression?
(a) Loss of column.
(b) Loss of husband.
(c) Ungrateful children.
(d) Sexual repression.

4. As predicted, Daisy has lived for many years after what?
(a) Warren's death.
(b) Victoria's death.
(c) The decline in her health.
(d) Joan's death.

5. Who was haunted by Daisy's birth until they died, according to chapter 7?
(a) The housekeeper.
(b) The paper boy.
(c) The peddler.
(d) The milkman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of chapter 10?

2. According to chapter 10, Daisy had a collection of what?

3. What is the publication mentioned in the chapter?

4. One of Daisy's girlhood friends is named what?

5. What is the name of the writer who takes over Daisy's column?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the change of focus in chapter six.

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

3. In what positive way is the image of stone used in chapter eight?

4. Describe how Alice decides to change the course of her life, in chapter seven, and what theme it continues.

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

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

7. What does Reverend Rick seem to symbolize?

8. How does Daisy react to losing her job?

9. How does Daisy seem to feel about dying?

10. In chapter nine, it seems like everyone is married and has children. What is the symbolism of that?

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