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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. What does Jacky take out from her pocket and show the narrator when she discusses the narrator’s husband’s past in “The Wife’s Story”?
(a) A morocco case
(b) A leather briefcase
(c) An alligator suitcase
(d) A wool mitten

2. 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) Sarah
(b) Jenny
(c) Susan
(d) Jane

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

4. At what station does Mrs. Palmer get off the train and go to the trust company in “Anne”?
(a) Broad Street station
(b) Wall Street station
(c) Times Square station
(d) Pennsylvania Avenue station

5. What is the name of the narrator’s husband’s old nag that she can hear neighing in the stables in “The Wife’s Story”?
(a) Tinder
(b) Clopper
(c) Blackie
(d) Petey

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator describes the home she lives in with her husband by the river as being what color of farmhouse in “The Wife’s Story”?

3. The narrator of “The Wife’s Story” recalls a time in Paris when she had gone to whose studio outside of the city to see her “Horse-Fair”?

4. 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”?

5. By what pet name does the narrator recall her husband fondly calling her when they first married in “The Wife’s Story”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Palmer first encounter on the train in “Anne”? What is Mrs. Palmer’s reaction?

2. Why is Hester’s family moving in “The Wife’s Story”? How does Hester feel about the move?

3. What is Mrs. Palmer’s relationship to Anne in “Anne”?

4. What does the narrator note about the character of Mrs. Palmer in the ending of “Anne”?

5. What does Hester discover about her husband after she’s left him in “The Wife’s Story”?

6. How would you describe the character of Hester in “The Wife’s Story”? What information is established about Hester in the opening of the story?

7. What happens to Mrs. Palmer in the denouement of “Anne”?

8. What conflict arises in “The Wife’s Story” relating to Hester’s musical ambitions?

9. What does Hester do after leaving her family in “The Wife’s Story”?

10. Where does Mrs. Palmer travel in “Anne”? How does she fund her travels?

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