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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "False Friends," during what month does the narrator's heart heal?
(a) May.
(b) June.
(c) April.
(d) August.

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

3. How long has the girl in the short story "The Last Tea" been waiting for the young man?
(a) Forty minutes.
(b) Twenty minutes.
(c) Over an hour.
(d) Five minutes.

4. Who helps Rose arrange her abortion?
(a) Mr. Durant.
(b) Rose's boss.
(c) Her sister, who lives in another town.
(d) Her roommate, Ruby.

5. In "The White Lady," why does the narrator claim to hate the dead?
(a) Other people only speak kindly of the dead.
(b) She is jealous because they are "pompous" and well-behaved.
(c) She does not want to become one of them.
(d) They frighten her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invented the rules for the game that Annabel and Midge play?

2. In the story "Arrangement in Black and White," why is the woman at the dinner party relieved that she did not use the "n-word" in front of Walter Williams?

3. What does the young man in "The Waltz" offer to do after the band stops playing?

4. What is the narrator's dilemma in the poem "Dilemma"?

5. In the story "Mrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street," what are the narrator and her husband looking for in a servant?

(see the answer key)

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