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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of horse does the narrator want to get?
(a) One with a blue eye.
(b) Just a little one.
(c) A cart horse.
(d) A black one.

2. How is the narrator of "Sweet Violets" similar to the violets?
(a) They both require attention and care.
(b) They are both brief, frail, and blue.
(c) They are both Heaven's masterpieces.
(d) They both emerge from hardship.

3. According to the poem " Two-Volume Novel," what has stopped the sun and moon from shining?
(a) The end of the world has arrived.
(b) The dead of winter has cast a cloud over everything.
(c) The narrator's love interest does not love her back.
(d) The narrator has reached the end of her life.

4. What secret does the narrator in "Second Love" keep from her lover?
(a) She thinks of another man whenever they kiss.
(b) She is pregnant with his child.
(c) He is not her first lover.
(d) She plans to leave him soon.

5. How do Ed and Hazel's other friends respond when Hazel is feeling sad?
(a) They tell her to cheer up and stop being a spoil sport.
(b) They listen to her troubles and lend her emotional support.
(c) They never know when she is sad because she hides her emotions.
(d) They suggest that she should she a therapist.

6. How does Mrs. Murdock feel about her dress as she leaves her visit with Miss Noyes and Lily Wynton?
(a) She wants to alter it to look more like Lily Wynton's dress.
(b) The dress makes her feel like an actress on stage.
(c) She is embarrassed by the plain style and color.
(d) She feels a tenderness toward her clothes because they are her own.

7. What does the narrator say would help Mona?
(a) Getting dressed and going out for the evening.
(b) A big bowl of chicken soup.
(c) Calling Garry up on the phone.
(d) Getting married and having children.

8. To what does the narrator compare the lighting in the speakeasy?
(a) A back alley at midnight.
(b) Mammoth Cave.
(c) A kitchen cupboard.
(d) A church confessional.

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

10. Why does the narrator in "Thought for a Sunshiny Morning" not mind stepping on a worm?
(a) She knows that worms will devour her when she is dead.
(b) She sees no purpose in their existence.
(c) Thousands more live beneath the earth.
(d) The worm's body will feed the earth.

11. What important lesson has "The Little Old Lady in Lavender Silk" learned from life?
(a) Never trust a younger man.
(b) There is nothing more fun than a man.
(c) Always keep company with people of your own social status.
(d) Education is more important than any other pleasure.

12. What does the narrator of "Guinevere At Her Fireside" say about the bravest man?
(a) He is cunning warrior.
(b) He cannot be trusted.
(c) He has the littlest brains.
(d) He makes a noble king.

13. What does Mona say is wrong with her?
(a) She has ptomaine poisoning.
(b) It is just her nerves.
(c) She has influenza.
(d) She has a broken heart.

14. In "The Willow," during what month is the earth "sweet" and "young."
(a) May.
(b) March.
(c) June.
(d) April.

15. How do both Mrs. Weldon and Mr. Weldon feel about their apartment?
(a) Both like the apartment, but they assume that the other dislikes it.
(b) Mrs. Weldon likes the apartment, but Mr. Weldon dislikes it.
(c) Both dislike the apartment, but they assume that the other likes it.
(d) Mr. Weldon likes the apartment, but Mrs. Weldon dislikes it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator wish for the girl in the poem "Story"?

2. To what story does "The Maid-Servant at the Inn" allude?

3. What disturbing news does the narrator give to Mona?

4. What is the one "edged" thing in the poem "Midnight"?

5. According to "Salome's Dancing-Lesson," who does not need dance lessons?

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