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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mimi describe her husband's visit when her friend calls?
(a) It was short, but lovely.
(b) It was a disaster.
(c) She cannot describe it because she is crying too much.
(d) It was frustrating, and she wished she could do it over.

2. Where are the couple in the train car headed?
(a) Their wedding.
(b) Their wedding reception.
(c) Their honeymoon.
(d) Their new home.

3. What does the young man in "The Waltz" offer to do after the band stops playing?
(a) To help bandage the young woman's shin.
(b) To walk the young woman home.
(c) To walk the young woman to the bus stop.
(d) To pay the band twenty dollars to play another song.

4. Who is Mrs. Corning?
(a) The young girl whose sewing mistake was ridiculed in public.
(b) The only other faithful volunteer besides Mrs. Martindale.
(c) The manager at headquarters who oversees the sewing work.
(d) Mrs. Martindale's neighbor who is looking for help for a friend.

5. What surprises the woman at the dinner party about Katherine Burke in the story "Arrangement in Black and White"?
(a) She had never noticed that her skin was dark.
(b) She did not realize how short she was.
(c) She had not known that she wore a wig.
(d) She had never noticed how thick her waist was.

Short Answer Questions

1. What message does the poem "Men" convey?

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

3. What does Hobie do after Kit leaves?

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

5. In the story "The Sexes," why is the girl upset with the young man?

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