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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 poem "Hearthside," what does the narrator dream of?
(a) Children who have gone away.
(b) Visiting far-away places.
(c) Returning to the warm of home.
(d) A time when all the world is at peace.

2. What does Hazel do with Mrs. Martin?
(a) They go shopping together.
(b) They gossip about their neighbors.
(c) They complain about their husbands.
(d) They drink and play cards.

3. What "gift" does the narrator of "I Know I Have Been Happiest" offer to her former lover?
(a) Her death.
(b) Her absence.
(c) Her fidelity.
(d) Her verse.

4. How do both Mrs. Weldon and Mr. Weldon feel about their apartment?
(a) Mrs. Weldon likes the apartment, but Mr. Weldon dislikes it.
(b) Mr. Weldon likes the apartment, but Mrs. Weldon dislikes it.
(c) Both dislike the apartment, but they assume that the other likes it.
(d) Both like the apartment, but they assume that the other dislikes it.

5. How does Mrs. Murdock feel about her dress as she leaves her visit with Miss Noyes and Lily Wynton?
(a) The dress makes her feel like an actress on stage.
(b) She wants to alter it to look more like Lily Wynton's dress.
(c) She feels a tenderness toward her clothes because they are her own.
(d) She is embarrassed by the plain style and color.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the poem "Indian Summer," how has the narrator changed since her youth?

2. In the poem "The Veteran," how has age changed the narrator's perspective?

3. What kind of horse does the narrator want to get?

4. In the poem "Braggart," why does the narrator claim to be better off than her reader?

5. Who is Mrs. Hofstadter who lives on Josephine Street?

(see the answer key)

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