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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the one woman who hates Hobie?
(a) His sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) His ex-wife.
(d) His daughter.

2. Where would the narrator of "Distance" prefer to have her lover?
(a) In her own home.
(b) Just down the lane.
(c) In her dreams.
(d) On the other side of the world.

3. According to the young woman in "You Were Perfectly Fine," what was the most important thing that ever happened to her and the young man?
(a) The conversation that they are having about his drunken behavior.
(b) The challenge of dealing with his offensive and drunken actions.
(c) The dinner party that they had been invited to the evening before.
(d) The taxi ride that they had taken around the park the evening before.

4. What does Hazel do with Mrs. Martin?
(a) They go shopping together.
(b) They complain about their husbands.
(c) They gossip about their neighbors.
(d) They drink and play cards.

5. What does the narrator wish for in the poem "Frustration"?
(a) That she would always be prettier than the women around her.
(b) That she had a way of killing all the people that bother her.
(c) That her lover would return to her.
(d) That she could find the perfect red dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "New York to Detroit," Why does Jack suggest that Jean write him a letter?

2. How long does it take the young man to get his luggage stored in the train compartment?

3. Hazel Morse prides herself most on what characteristic?

4. What is the message behind the poem "Fable"?

5. How long has the Old Gentleman lived with the Bains?

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