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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the groom say about his bride's hat?
(a) He is not crazy about the new styles; he likes her blue hat.
(b) He thinks she looks better without a hat.
(c) He loves the new hat and urges her to buy another.
(d) He thinks the hat makes her head look pointy.

2. What is the narrator's intent in the poem "Lullaby"?
(a) Quiet her lover so he will not ask about her betrayals.
(b) Sooth herself over a lost love.
(c) Put a fussy baby to sleep.
(d) Make a pretty woman fall asleep so that she can get the men herself.

3. How does the woman in "The Waltz" respond to the young man who asks her to dance?
(a) She pretends that she is waiting for someone.
(b) She turns him down and then laughs about him after he leaves.
(c) She politely refuses and waits for another man to ask.
(d) She accepts, but then mentally complains the whole time.

4. In the story "The Sexes," why is the girl upset with the young man?
(a) He has arrived late for their date.
(b) He has just told her that he does not like her hat.
(c) He is trying to break off their relationship.
(d) She thinks that he spent too much time with another girl the night before.

5. How does Mrs. Whittaker react to the news of her father's death?
(a) She dries her eyes and asks to see him.
(b) She begins to weep passionately.
(c) She sighs and hugs her sister quietly.
(d) She stands up and announces that it really was the best thing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "De Profundis," what kind of man does the narrator hope to find one day?

2. How many different women have redecorated Hobie's apartment?

3. In "A Telephone Call," what name the man on the phone uses what name to address the women?

4. Who helps Rose arrange her abortion?

5. Who decided that the Old Gentleman should come to live with the Bains?

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