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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. How much time passes between the time that Horace leaves the narrator's home and the time that he calls the house?
(a) One week.
(b) Two hours.
(c) One day.
(d) Ten minutes.

2. Who is Mrs. Hofstadter who lives on Josephine Street?
(a) The woman who places Horace with the narrator.
(b) Horace's first wife.
(c) Horace's former employer.
(d) The woman who leases the bungalow to the narrator and her husband.

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

4. In "Autumn Valentine" what experience did the narrator have in May?
(a) A love for nature.
(b) Death.
(c) A broken heart.
(d) A new-found love.

5. According to the narrator, what does Edith look like?
(a) Something that should be kept in a cage.
(b) Something that would eat her young.
(c) Something that should be pulling a cart.
(d) Something that crawled out of the alley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of "Cherry White" think of whenever she sees a cherry bough or a flowering tree?

2. What sight causes Hazel to lose her high spirits as she is on her way to meet Art?

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

4. How long has the girl in the short story "The Last Tea" been waiting for the young man?

5. What complaint does the narrator of "Bohemia" express about sculptors and singers?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Glory in the Daytime," how does Mrs. Murdock's visit with Lily Wynton change her perspective on her own life?

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

3. What story is told through the poem "There Was One"?

4. What kind of advice do the poems "Prologue to a Saga" and "The Lady's Reward" give to women?

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

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

7. Compare the poems "Ultimatum" and "Requiescat." How are they similar?

8. Compare the poems "Bric-A-Brac," "Fulfillment," and "Theory." What do these poems have in common?

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

10. In the story, "Lady With a Lamp," what is Mona's illness?

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