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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. Who is entranced by Marvin?
(a) Sara.
(b) Cousin Lymon.
(c) Amelia.
(d) Buddy.

2. How old is the student who is profiled in a magazine?
(a) 17.
(b) 21.
(c) 6.
(d) 14.

3. In this story, McCullers intimates that a certain level of _____________ is part of life.
(a) horror.
(b) fear.
(c) anxiety.
(d) absurdity.

4. What is notable about a man who approaches Amelia's house one day?
(a) He has a peg leg.
(b) He has a stripe of white hair.
(c) He is a hunchback.
(d) His left arm is shorter than the right.

5. Who is Miss Amelia?
(a) A school secretary.
(b) The occupant of the largest house in town.
(c) A schoolteacher.
(d) A dance hall girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Marvin and Lymon do together?

2. Why does Amelia not say anything to Lymon about giving so many privileges to Marvin?

3. What piece does Frances recall that she and the student in #78 played?

4. Who wrecks Amelia's cafe?

5. Amelia and Cousin Lymon are both ____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What details does McCullers provide which would serve to especially infuriate Bitsy about the men?

3. Why has Frances begun to dread her piano lessons even though she is technically very competent?

4. What does Martin reason is the cause of Emily's alcoholism?

5. Does Frances know why her piano playing has become lifeless?

6. What stage is the old man in in his system of learning to love?

7. How can Amelia's life be characterized?

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

9. How does Lymon try to ingratiate himself to Marvin?

10. Why does Mr. Brook rationalize that Madame Zilensky has created a world of lies?

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