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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Midge change the rules of their game at the end of "The Standard of Living"?
(a) She suggests that they invite more people to play with them.
(b) She raises the amount of money they can "spend" from one to ten million dollars.
(c) She says that they should no longer ask about the prices of their "purchases."
(d) She decides that the players can spend their money on others.

2. According to "Rhyme Against the Living," who is lucky?
(a) The living.
(b) Young lovers.
(c) The dead.
(d) Widows.

3. According to the poem " Two-Volume Novel," what has stopped the sun and moon from shining?
(a) The narrator has reached the end of her life.
(b) The end of the world has arrived.
(c) The dead of winter has cast a cloud over everything.
(d) The narrator's love interest does not love her back.

4. During what year is the story "Just a Little One" set?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1932.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Wyman want when she calls Mrs. Martindale?

2. Which historical figure keeps intruding upon the narrator's thoughts?

3. How does Mimi describe her husband's visit when her friend calls?

4. According to the poem "Fighting Words," what would cause the narrator to desert her lover?

5. Why does the narrator refuse to count sheep?

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