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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 did Cora know the student who committed suicide?
(a) She mentored him.
(b) They dated.
(c) He was her brother.
(d) She went to school with him.

2. What does Jim plan to do when he meets his new friend?
(a) Become educated.
(b) Become more artistic.
(c) Build a deep friendship.
(d) Escape.

3. What is the occupation of the man who puts Jim on a train?
(a) Preacher.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Banker.
(d) Doctor.

4. What is Hannah's reaction to her hair cut?
(a) Horror.
(b) Pleasant surprise.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Disgust.

5. What is the name of the short story in Chapter 19?
(a) Visiting the Past.
(b) The Lion's Den.
(c) At the Train Station.
(d) In the Zoo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Mrs. Ramsey's relatives is a soldier?

2. What is the color of the armchair that Ella sits in while babysitting?

3. How many men are fighting outside the spinster's house?

4. Where did a student at Cora's school commit suicide?

5. How many maids die in "A Mountain Day"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ella fear and how does she show it?

2. How does the title, "A Summer Day", correspond to the story of Jim Littlefield?

3. What are the spinster's final feelings about the "I love someone" written on the sidewalk?

4. What does Angelica believe her purpose in life is?

5. What causes Beatrice to go deaf?

6. How does Ella show that she loves her horse?

7. How is anonymity a theme in "The Philosophy Lesson"?

8. How does the title, "The End of a Career", relate to the story?

9. Explain how the title, "Between the Porch and the Altar", relates to the plot of the story.

10. How does Emma show that she is afraid of rejection?

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