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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 did the narrator's mother leave the farm?
(a) To return home to care for her parents.
(b) To take another teaching job.
(c) To move to France.
(d) To get married.

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

3. How does Almeda view the man in #41?
(a) As a nuisance.
(b) As a prospective husband.
(c) As a troublemaker.
(d) As a community leader.

4. Who does Almeda see slumped against her fence in the morning?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A woman.
(c) A bum.
(d) A child.

5. Hazel wants to visit her husband's aunt, ___________________.
(a) Maryellen Dawson.
(b) Maria Brown.
(c) Margaret Dobie.
(d) Marjorie Bryson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Almeda let Jarvis know that she won't be going to church today?

2. What did the girl in #28 pay local boys to do?

3. Who is Brenda's husband?

4. Where is Flora working now that she has left the farm?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Hazel decided to travel to a town in Scotland and who does she meet right away when she arrives?

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

3. Why had Robert married Ellie instead of Flora, and how did Ellie's health deteriorate?

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

5. What is the theme of this story?

6. What are some of the possible lies in the story?

7. What is the premise of "Meneseteung"?

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

9. How does the episode with the woman's body in front of Almeda's house change Jarvis' perspective of Almeda?

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

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