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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the tall, dark girl in one of her dreams?
(a) She is ill.
(b) She is slapped.
(c) She is bitten.
(d) She is robbed.

2. When the writer is lying in bed, what does he compare himself to?
(a) A cigar.
(b) A carpenter.
(c) A pregnant woman.
(d) A moose.

3. What does Wing do for a living?
(a) He is unemployed.
(b) Pick strawberries.
(c) Coach football.
(d) Build porches.

4. What does Tom say "Tom Willard's son" must do?
(a) Date a girl.
(b) Be a writer.
(c) Wake up.
(d) Help his mother.

5. What emotion does Elizabeth feel at the end of the story ,after George share's his plans for his future?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Fear.
(d) Joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tom describe Elizabeth's figure?

2. What does the writer think about as he lies in his bed?

3. What does Tom's conversation with George about being successful make Elizabeth want to do?

4. What part of his health concerns the writer?

5. What makes Elizabeth use the "feeble flame of life that remains in her body" to get out of bed and creep toward George's bedroom one July evening?

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