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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 is the weather as the story opens?
(a) Very hot.
(b) Frigid.
(c) Cool.
(d) Temperate.

2. What is the sole focus of Frances' life?
(a) Boys.
(b) Art.
(c) Sports.
(d) Music.

3. How many years has Lymon been at Amelia's by this time?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

4. In what month does the story take place?
(a) June.
(b) February.
(c) November.
(d) August.

5. What is happening to Frances that Mr. Bilderbach is unaware of?
(a) She is having a nervous breakdown.
(b) She will be moving soon.
(c) She is in love with a boy in school.
(d) Her parents are divorcing.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what is Marvin associated in the story?

2. What literary technique does McCullers use when she addresses the ruined marriage between Amelia and Marvin and the future failed relationship between Amelia and Lymon.

3. Amelia and Cousin Lymon are both ____________.

4. Eventually Lymon has access to Amelia's house, cash register and __________________.

5. What is a wunderkind?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting for "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe?"

2. What is Mr. Brook's first clue that Madame Zilensky may have mental issues?

3. What is the main theme in this story?

4. What becomes of Amelia after Cousin Lymon and Marvin wreck her cafe and then leave town?

5. What is the result of the one-sided relationship between Amelia and Cousin Lymon?

6. How do the wealthy men react to the news that the young injured jockey will never ride again?

7. Who is Mr. Brook and what feat has he just managed to pull off for his college?

8. With whom does Frances share the title of "wunderkind" and why does she think she cannot live up to the name?

9. How can Amelia's life be characterized?

10. How do Amelia and Marvin prepare for their big fight?

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