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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. Why do Murray and his wife drive to see a doctor?
(a) His wife finds a lump which may be cancerous.
(b) Murray has been having dizzy spells.
(c) His wife thinks that she may be pregnant.
(d) They are having annual check-ups.

2. The family in #25 opened what type of shop?
(a) Hobby shop.
(b) Sweets shop.
(c) Jewelry shop.
(d) Tailoring shop.

3. Why was the man in #79 afraid of his wife?
(a) He knew that she would kill him for his life insurance.
(b) He knew she bought a gun to kill him.
(c) He thought she was trying to poison him.
(d) He thought she would turn him in to the police.

4. What did the man in #79 do during the war?
(a) He was a pilot.
(b) He was an officer.
(c) He was a reporter.
(d) He was a cook.

5. What does Neil eventually admit to Brenda?
(a) He is going back to his wife.
(b) He was never married.
(c) He did take money from the sweet shop girl.
(d) He is still married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What help did Murray offer to Victor?

2. Who does the narrator's mother blame for all of Flora's problems?

3. Which of the following does NOT describe Brenda's relationship with Neil?

4. Which of the following is NOT something that Murray's wife likes to do?

5. What does Jarvis tell Almeda which means that he intends to propose marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Miss Dobie and what is her housekeeper, Judy's, reaction at seeing that Antoinette has driven Hazel instead of Dudley?

2. Who is Flora Grieves, and how did the narrator's mother know her?

3. How did the generation gap separate the narrator and her mother and what conclusion does she come to regarding how well she knew her own mother?

4. Why would Murray have secretly wanted Barbara to have had an affair?

5. What is life like for women in Almeda's town?

6. What does Brenda realize about her relationship with Neil after their first fight regarding the sweet shop girl?

7. What does Hazel conclude about what Dudley gives to both Judy and Antoinette?

8. Who was Victor and how did he come into Murray and Barbara's life?

9. What is the content of a poem told by Miss Dobie that seems to be directed at Judy?

10. When does it occur to Hazel that Dudley is involved with both Judy and Antoinette?

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