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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 do the walls close in on you as you look at the Skylight Room?
(a) Like you are in a pantry.
(b) Like you are in a coffin.
(c) Like you are trapped in a closet.
(d) Like you are in a box.

2. Which room has a private bath?
(a) Second floor east.
(b) Double front.
(c) Double back.
(d) Second floor west.

3. On what floor does Mr. Skidder have a room?
(a) 2nd.
(b) 1st.
(c) 4th.
(d) 3rd.

4. What is the first area Mrs. Parker shows prospective renters?
(a) West wing.
(b) Double parlors.
(c) 2nd floor.
(d) 1st floor.

5. What can be seen through the skylight in the Skylight Room?
(a) Clouds.
(b) Dirt and vines.
(c) Patch of blue sky.
(d) Trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Skidder do all day?

2. How does Miss Leeson smile when she looks at the lambrequins?

3. Who is Clara?

4. Who did Mr. Toosenberry go to work with when he left Mrs. Parker's?

5. What type of heroine does Mr. Skidder use in his play after Miss Leeson looks at his lambrequins?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mr. Skidder and where is his room at Mrs. Parker's?

2. When does Mrs. Parker cease being your guide?

3. How is the Skylight Room furnished?

4. Who is Clara and how does she treat prospective roomers?

5. After looking at the parlors, where does Mrs. Parker take prospective roomers?

6. What does Miss Leeson say when Mrs. Parker shows her the room to the second-floor-back?

7. How does the narrator describe what happens when Clara is called to show Miss Leeson the Skylight Room?

8. Where did Mr. Tossenberry go when he left Mrs. Parker's?

9. Why does Mr. Skidder pay something on his rent after Mrs. Parker brings prospective roomers to view his room?

10. Why does Mrs. Parker take prospective roomers to Mr. Skidder's room?

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