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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. During what year is the story "Just a Little One" set?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1919.

2. According to "From a Letter From Lesbia," why should you not take a poet as a lover?
(a) They are all too serious.
(b) All poets are poor.
(c) All of them are strange.
(d) Poets are unreliable.

3. How does Herbie react when Hazel begins to drink Scotch?
(a) He is happy that she is loosening up.
(b) He is worried that she is drinking too much.
(c) He says that Scotch is not lady-like.
(d) He does not know since she drinks in secret.

4. 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 suggest that she should she a therapist.
(d) They never know when she is sad because she hides her emotions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which historical figure keeps intruding upon the narrator's thoughts?

2. Among the "Tombstones in the Starlight," whom does "The Very Rich Man" now entertain?

3. In the story "Lady With a Lamp," how long has Mona been in bed?

4. According to the poem "Solace," why do people not worry over the broken stem of a rose?

5. Why does the narrator refuse to count sheep?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narrator's tone in the story "Just a Little One."

2. Compare the poems "Surprise," "On Being A Woman," and "Second Love." What do they have in common?

3. Describe Mr. Cruger's attitude toward his daughter in the story "Horsie."

4. How does the narrator of "Lady With a Lamp" make Mona feel worse rather than better?

5. How does Hazel Morse lose her own identity in her efforts to please others in the short story "Big Blonde"?

6. In "Mrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street," how is Horace the exact opposite of what the narrator and her husband are looking for?

7. How does the resolution of "Big Blonde" illustrate that Hazel's troubles are recurrent cycle?

8. What is the cause of Mr. and Mrs. Weldon's divorce in the short story "Too Bad"?

9. In "Soldiers of the Republic," what does the narrator learn about the life of a soldier?

10. Compare the poems "Star Light, Star Bright--" and "Purposely Ungrammatical Love Song." How are they similar?

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