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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Wyman want when she calls Mrs. Martindale?
(a) She wants to borrow one of Mrs. Martindale's banquet tables.
(b) She asks Mrs. Martindale to watch her dogs while she is away.
(c) She needs Mrs. Martindale to come to a fundraiser.
(d) She is looking for work for an unfortunate woman that she knows.

2. How long is Mimi's husband supposed to have for leave in the story "The Lovely Leave"?
(a) Twenty-four hours.
(b) A whole weekend.
(c) One week.
(d) Forty-eight hours.

3. How does Mrs. Bain react to the news of her father's death?
(a) She immediately begins to weep passionately.
(b) She dries her eyes and asks to see him.
(c) She stands up and announces that it really was the best thing.
(d) She sighs and lays her head on her husband's chest.

4. What kind of work does Mrs. Martindale do?
(a) She sews hospital gowns for the war relief.
(b) She knits blankets for the army hospitals.
(c) She organizes fundraisers for war relief efforts.
(d) She sews uniforms for soldiers at war.

5. What is the "rotten news" that Mimi's husband brings with him?
(a) He forgot all of his luggage at the train station.
(b) His leave has been canceled, and he must be on the next train.
(c) He wants to divorce her.
(d) He has been discharged by the Air Force.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Walter Williams' profession?

2. Which of the following best describes the way that the young man in "The Waltz" dances?

3. For what are the Bains and Mrs. Whittaker waiting?

4. What does Mrs. Corning ask the volunteers at headquarters to do before they leave for vacation?

5. At the end of the story "Arrangement in Black and White," what detail of the dinner party is the woman eager to share with her husband?

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