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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator in “The Wife’s Story” says there had been a time when she had dreamed of achieving whose stature?
(a) Eleanor Roosevelt’s
(b) Susan B. Anthony’s
(c) Margaret Fuller’s
(d) Heidi C. Clark’s

2. Mrs. Palmer, when she first awakens in “Anne,” recalls that her voice left her at what age?
(a) 12
(b) 18
(c) 20
(d) 22

3. Where do the narrator and her husband live before they move in “The Wife’s Story”?
(a) Kansas
(b) New York
(c) Ohio
(d) Massachusetts

4. The narrator of “The Wife’s Story” says “It will be enough for me to give you the history of one day, - that of our first coming to” where?
(a) Paris
(b) Philadelphia
(c) Newport
(d) Boston

5. Where does Mrs. Palmer and her family life in “Anne”?
(a) Mississippi
(b) Washington
(c) Delaware
(d) Connecticut

6. What is the name of the narrator’s husband’s youngest son in “The Wife’s Story”?
(a) Teddy
(b) Hugh
(c) Peter
(d) James

7. On the morning that Mrs. Palmer awakens from her dream of youth in “Anne,” a letter arrives from Mrs. Palmer’s consignees named what in Philadelphia?
(a) Pierce and Wall
(b) Kirby and John
(c) Anderson and Williams
(d) Peters and Smith

8. About how old does Mrs. Palmer appear when she looks in the mirror after awakening in “Anne”?
(a) 16
(b) 12
(c) 30
(d) 50

9. What Jacky’s last name in “The Wife’s Story”?
(a) Peterson
(b) Prichard
(c) Monchard
(d) Swarnoff

10. What does the narrator say Anne had in her hands when she fell asleep in the beginning of “Anne”?
(a) Lilacs
(b) Red roses
(c) Yellow daisies
(d) Blueberries

11. Robert is said to have what profession in “The Wife’s Story”?
(a) He is a butcher
(b) He is a lawyer
(c) He is a preacher
(d) He is a doctor

12. What is the name of Mrs. Palmer’s servant who tells her a man is there for his money when Mrs. Palmer awakens in “Anne”?
(a) Susan
(b) Jenny
(c) Jane
(d) Sarah

13. When Mrs. Palmer returns from walking in the woods, Susan tells her she must take “four grains of quinine and” what when going to bed in “Anne”?
(a) A spoon of cough syrup
(b) A dram of whisky
(c) A hot lemonade
(d) A cookie

14. What character on the train in “Anne” is described as a “fat hunched man with the greasy black whiskers and gaudy chain”?andrew
(a) Mr. Corvill
(b) Job Palmer
(c) Peter
(d) George Forbes

15. What is the name of Mrs. Palmer’s son in “Anne”?
(a) James
(b) Hugh
(c) Peter
(d) Joe

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say her husband bought after their marriage, “thinking to please me,” in “The Wife’s Story”?

2. What word used in “The Wife’s Story” means unrestrained?

3. The narrator describes “Jacky’s rough voice” as being like what in “The Wife’s Story”?

4. When Mrs. Palmer awakens, her servant tells her that who is at the house looking for his money in “Anne”?

5. How long after her marriage does the narrator of “The Wife’s Story” say she and her husband moved?

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