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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Mrs. Palmer tells her daughter Susan that she dreamed she was how old again in the beginning of “Anne”?
2. A few weeks prior to when the narrator and her husband moved in “The Wife’s Story,” she describes a cool morning in what month?
3. What does the narrator of “Anne” say that Anne had “ever since she was a baby, and felt it as she did her blood from her feet to her head, and triumphed and was happy in it”?
4. The narrator in “The Wife’s Story” says there had been a time when she had dreamed of achieving whose stature?
5. At what station does Mrs. Palmer get off the train and go to the trust company in “Anne”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What “big decision” does Mrs. Palmer make in “Anne”? Why?
2. What is the character of Anne doing in the opening of the last story, “Anne”?
3. How does the plot of “Anne” relate to the life of author Rebecca Harding Davis?
4. 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?
5. Why is Hester’s family moving in “The Wife’s Story”? How does Hester feel about the move?
6. What is Mrs. Palmer’s relationship to Anne in “Anne”?
7. What happens to Mrs. Palmer in the denouement of “Anne”?
8. What does Hester do after leaving her family in “The Wife’s Story”?
9. What does the narrator note about the character of Mrs. Palmer in the ending of “Anne”?
10. What conflict arises in “The Wife’s Story” relating to Hester’s musical ambitions?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Women’s Roles in Life in the Iron Mills and Other Stories
a. Discuss the roles and expectations of women as seen in the stories in the collection. How are women’s roles central to the plot of each of these stories?
b. How would you compare the women characters and men characters in the stories in the collection? How are they similar? How do they differ?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss author Tillie Olsen and the republication of Life in the Iron Mills and Other Stories. What are the objectives of the Feminist Press? Why did they feel Rebecca Harding Davis’s stories should be republished? What drew Olsen to the works?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the character of Hugh Wolfe as one of the two protagonists in “Life in the Iron Mills.” What qualities does Hugh exhibit that represent the “hero” of the story? How is his relationship to Deborah a driving force in the plot of the story? Which character’s actions drive the plot?
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