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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Hazel NOT think regarding Dudley?
(a) He is an upstanding man.
(b) It is terrible that he abandoned Judy.
(c) It is unfair that Antoinette should suffer.
(d) He will never know his daughter.

2. How does Almeda let Jarvis know that she won't be going to church today?
(a) She puts a note under the windshield of his car.
(b) She puts a note on her door.
(c) She puts a note on his door.
(d) She telephones him.

3. What is the name of Brenda's lover's hometown?
(a) Mackinac.
(b) Portland.
(c) Five Points.
(d) Marblehead.

4. How does the narrator know Flora Grieves?
(a) She is her sister.
(b) She is her neighbor.
(c) She is her mother.
(d) She is her dead mother's friend.

5. Why does Hazel want to travel to the town in #57?
(a) Because she wants to see her family.
(b) Because her husband was there during the war.
(c) Because she wants to visit a friend who is sick.
(d) Because she needs a vacation.

6. Miss Dobie recites a poem about a girl named ________________.
(a) Jenna.
(b) Jillie.
(c) Janette.
(d) Janie.

7. Hazel discerns that _______________ is the father of Judy's baby.
(a) Jack.
(b) Dennis.
(c) Michael.
(d) Dudley.

8. Hazel thinks that it is ____________________ that makes people happy.
(a) striving towards something.
(b) good health.
(c) making lots of money.
(d) fame.

9. In the poem recited by Miss Dobie, the girl's lover was taken away by ______________.
(a) fairies.
(b) police officers.
(c) the sea.
(d) thugs.

10. Who is Murray's wife?
(a) Belinda.
(b) Betty.
(c) Barbara.
(d) Bernice.

11. What street in Almeda's town has some undesirable homes and people?
(a) Pearl Street.
(b) Juniper Street.
(c) Mulberry Street.
(d) Maple Street.

12. Who is the boyfriend of the woman in #59?
(a) Douglas Bowen.
(b) Dudley Brown.
(c) Dennis Buell.
(d) Donald Bryson.

13. Which of the following does NOT describe Brenda's relationship with Neil?
(a) They enjoy taking risks.
(b) They make no demands on each other.
(c) They are committed to each other.
(d) They meet in secret.

14. What is Almeda's vocation?
(a) Sculptor.
(b) Poet.
(c) Painter.
(d) Novelist.

15. Who was the daughter who was responsible for running the shop in #27?
(a) Susanna.
(b) Maria.
(c) Pia.
(d) Sara.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did the narrator's mother have as a young woman?

2. Which of the following has NOT prompted Jarvis to want to propose marriage to Almeda?

3. What type of shop do Brenda and her husband now run?

4. What type of vehicle does Brenda drive?

5. In a flashback, Murray recalls a man named ______________ who came to Murray's store looking for work clothes.

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