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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 business does Amelia run from her house?
(a) General Store.
(b) Child Care Center.
(c) Beauty Salon.
(d) Bakery.
2. What does the cafe seem to provide to people?
(a) A sense of worth.
(b) A place for socialization.
(c) A good meal.
(d) A place to play cards.
3. In what season of the year does Marvin return to town?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.
4. What is notable about a man who approaches Amelia's house one day?
(a) He is a hunchback.
(b) His left arm is shorter than the right.
(c) He has a stripe of white hair.
(d) He has a peg leg.
5. What did critics say about Frances' performance of the piece in #83?
(a) It was brilliant.
(b) It was virtuoso level.
(c) It was inspired.
(d) It lacked emotion.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who has Marvin's brother brought with him to Amelia's cafe?
2. How old is Frances?
3. What does Marvin rub on his body prior to the big fight?
4. What is Miss Amelia's demeanor?
5. What does drinking liquor in Amelia's house signify?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the end of Marvin and Amelia's marriage foreshadow what will happen to Amelia and Cousin Lymon?
2. What is the dilemma the author writes about in the title of the story?
3. What does Lymon admit to Amelia is his attraction to Marvin?
4. What unusual event occurs on Marvin and Amelia's wedding night and how does Marvin try to salvage the situation?
5. Explain the old man's "a tree, a rock, a cloud" system of learning to love.
6. How did the old man come to terms with his wife's leaving him for another man?
7. What stage is the old man in in his system of learning to love?
8. Why has Frances begun to dread her piano lessons even though she is technically very competent?
9. What does the author reveal about Miss Amelia's character and personality?
10. What happens when a young boy enters a diner one night?
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