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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. How is Mrs. Ryan related to Clarissa?
(a) She is her mother-in-law.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Mother.
(d) Aunt.

2. Where are the Whitemores from originally?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Manhatten.
(c) California.
(d) The Midwest.

3. Who is most critical in the Pomeroy family?
(a) Chaddy.
(b) Diana.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Lawrence.

4. Who is Mrs. Pomeroy married to?
(a) She is divorced.
(b) Tifty.
(c) She is a widow.
(d) Cheever.

5. Who has a bad temper in the Cash Bentley story?
(a) Cash.
(b) Cash's boss.
(c) Louise.
(d) Cash's children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the Malloys traveling to?

2. What is the name of the story about Cash Bentley?

3. What does James Clancy do at his job?

4. How do Irene and Jim listen to their music?

5. What does Clarissa look like?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Clancy almost get fired?

2. Why does Blake fire his secretary in "The Five Forty-Eight?"

3. Why is Ralph trying to get new jobs and promotions?

4. Why don't the other Pomeroy children like Lawrence?

5. How does the story of Irene and Jim Westcott get its name?

6. What is the background of the relationship between Ralph and Laura Whittemore?

7. Describe Cash's and Louise's marriage.

8. Why does Amy try to run away?

9. Who are the Crutchmans in "The Worm in the Apple?"

10. Who does the Pomeroy family consist of?

(see the answer keys)

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