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

2. What does the young man offer to go out and get for the girl in the the story "The Sexes"?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) A pack of gum.
(c) A fashion magazine.
(d) Scotch.

3. In the story "Mr. Durant," how long has it been since Mr. Durant first met Rose?
(a) About two years before the story begins.
(b) About three weeks before the story begins.
(c) About six months before the story begins.
(d) About three months before the story begins.

4. What does the bride accuse the groom of doing while they were standing at the altar?
(a) Yawning.
(b) Thinking about how beautiful her bridesmaid, Louise, looked.
(c) Looking at his watch.
(d) Falling asleep.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Verse for a Certain Dog," what is the difference between the lines inside the parentheses and those not in parentheses?

2. What did Mrs. Martindale have the jeweler make out of the various gems that she gathered?

3. What does the groom say about his bride's hat?

4. How does the young man in "The Sexes" convince the girl that he is not interested in Florence Leaming?

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

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