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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the story "New York to Detroit," Why does Jack suggest that Jean write him a letter?
(a) He does not like to talk on the telephone.
(b) He likes to see her handwriting on paper.
(c) The telephone connection is so bad that he cannot hear her.
(d) She always expresses herself so much better in writing.

2. According to the narrator, what does Edith look like?
(a) Something that should be pulling a cart.
(b) Something that should be kept in a cage.
(c) Something that crawled out of the alley.
(d) Something that would eat her young.

3. What message does the poem "Men" convey?
(a) Men are only interested in a woman's outward appearance.
(b) Men may drive women crazy, but they still need each other.
(c) Men try to understand women, but they never will.
(d) Men will claim to love a woman as she is, but then try to change her.

4. After Herbie leaves, how much time passes before Hazel hears any news about him?
(a) Two years.
(b) Eleven months.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Six months.

5. What kind of horse does the narrator want to get?
(a) One with a blue eye.
(b) A cart horse.
(c) A black one.
(d) Just a little one.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have Mr. and Mrs. Weldon been married in the story "Too Bad"?

2. How much time passes between the time that Horace leaves the narrator's home and the time that he calls the house?

3. How does Mrs. Murdock feel about her dress as she leaves her visit with Miss Noyes and Lily Wynton?

4. What sight causes Hazel to lose her high spirits as she is on her way to meet Art?

5. Who does the narrator say she thinks she is after three highballs?

(see the answer key)

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