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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Freda later ask Brenda regarding Patrick?
(a) If he was drunk.
(b) Why he was running around wearing an undershirt.
(c) If he is in love with Brenda.
(d) If Brenda likes him.

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons Mr. Paganotti's employees love him?
(a) He gives them raises every three months.
(b) He has given them the chance of a lifetime.
(c) He provides good factory jobs.
(d) He pays them well enough to provide for their families.

3. Freda has periods of rage and __________.
(a) Joy.
(b) Composure.
(c) Silence.
(d) Euphoria.

4. How can Brenda be characterized?
(a) Boisterous.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Sullen.
(d) Easily embarrassed.

5. How does Maria try to stay warm at work?
(a) She uses a space heater.
(b) She wears three sweaters.
(c) She climbs into a mailbag.
(d) She wears her coat all day.

6. How many people have gathered in the street?
(a) Just a few.
(b) Most of the city.
(c) A huge crowd.
(d) Hundreds.

7. What is Freda's reaction to the funeral?
(a) She is very quiet.
(b) She is crying dramatically.
(c) She cries quietly.
(d) She is detached.

8. Where does Freda go each week?
(a) Library.
(b) Opera.
(c) Synagogue.
(d) Theatrical pub.

9. What is unusual about the Italian men working at the factory?
(a) Only two of them speak English.
(b) They take naps at noon.
(c) They go home for lunch.
(d) They have wine in the morning.

10. Whose fortune does Maria read in tea leaves?
(a) Maria's.
(b) Freda's.
(c) Lucia's.
(d) Brenda's.

11. What s Freda's mood at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Apprehensive.
(c) Anticipatory.
(d) Depressed.

12. What does Brenda think of as she tries to go to sleep?
(a) How she wishes she could go back to Stanley.
(b) How Mrs. Haddon must be upset that she was not able to shoot Brenda.
(c) How she wishes she had a child.
(d) How she must look for a different job.

13. What has Freda persuaded Maria to wear?
(a) Makeup.
(b) Mittens.
(c) Thick socks.
(d) A smile.

14. Why does Freda stay home from work for a few days?
(a) Everyone thinks she is in mourning.
(b) She has a migraine.
(c) She has the flu.
(d) She had outpatient surgery.

15. When is Brenda worried about Freda?
(a) When she won't get out of bed.
(b) When she drinks too much.
(c) When she is quiet.
(d) When she stays out all night.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had Brenda's husband sometimes awakened her in the night?

2. What beverage does Brenda fix for Patrick?

3. How did Freda and Brenda know the woman who died?

4. What does Freda tell Brenda in a note?

5. What are Freda and Brenda looking at when the story begins?

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