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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "A Telephone Call," what name the man on the phone uses what name to address the women?
(a) Baby.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Darling.
(d) Honey.

2. What message does the poem "Men" convey?
(a) Men try to understand women, but they never will.
(b) Men will claim to love a woman as she is, but then try to change her.
(c) Men may drive women crazy, but they still need each other.
(d) Men are only interested in a woman's outward appearance.

3. Who invented the rules for the game that Annabel and Midge play?
(a) Midge.
(b) Annabel's older sister.
(c) Midge's mother.
(d) Annabel.

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

5. What is Mimi's husband most looking forward to during his short visit with her?
(a) A quiet conversation with his wife.
(b) A good home-cooked meal.
(c) A long, uninterrupted nap.
(d) A hot bath in a tub.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the one woman who hates Hobie?

2. How long is Mimi's husband supposed to have for leave in the story "The Lovely Leave"?

3. 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?

4. What kind of flowers does the woman at the dinner party have in her hair in the story "Arrangement in Black and White"?

5. What animal did the last of Hobie's decorators collect and add to his decor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How might Mrs. Martindale solve Mrs. Wyman's problem and her own at the same time?

2. Why does the woman in "The Waltz" agree to dance with the young man even though she does not want to?

3. Why is Mimi upset after her husband's phone call in the beginning of "The Lovely Leave"?

4. What do the poems "Interview" and "Neither Bloody Nor Bowed" have in common?

5. In the story "Dusk Before Fireworks," why does Kit try to pretend that she is not bothered by the attention that other women pay to Hobie?

6. In "The Standard of Living," how are Midge and Annabel affected by the news of the actual price of the necklace in the shop window?

7. What is the irony in the end of the short story "The Waltz"?

8. Why is the girl in "The Sexes" rude to the young man?

9. What does Mr. Durant's response to the dog reveal about him?

10. In "Arrangement in Black and White," what do the woman's behavior and comments at the dinner party reveal about her?

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