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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 and Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Ann need to find an apartment in Iowa City, Iowa?
(a) She wanted to be close to her family again.
(b) She got a job in Iowa.
(c) She was going to attend the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
(d) Her husband was transferred.

2. What was a major flaw in the Yaddo accommodations?
(a) No central air conditioning.
(b) Only one phone line.
(c) A leaky roof.
(d) Noisy neighbors.

3. What did Ann and Lucy do to find their way out of their miserable lives?
(a) They wrote.
(b) They dated lots of men.
(c) They drank.
(d) They went to the movies.

4. Why was Lucy glad when Ann's marriage ended?
(a) She never liked Dennis.
(b) She wanted to room with Ann again.
(c) It meant the fortune teller was wrong about Lucy's future too.
(d) She didn't want anyone to take Ann's attention from her.

5. Which of the following did Lucy NOT want to do?
(a) Take Percoset.
(b) Get drunk.
(c) Cook Thanksgiving dinner.
(d) Drive her car into a tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lucy used to having a lot of _____________.

2. Ann was accepted into the Fine Arts Work Center in which city?

3. What were Ann's accommodations at Yaddo?

4. What did Lucy say haunted her all the time?

5. Lucy was famous at Sarah Lawrence College for her writing and ________________.

(see the answer key)

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