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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 is Mary's nationality?
(a) British.
(b) Italian.
(c) German.
(d) Irish.

2. What is Olive's nationality?
(a) American.
(b) British.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Irish.

3. Who is Adam's sister?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) Pamela.
(c) Louise.
(d) Jane.

4. Vera had a wretched _________________.
(a) Car buying experience.
(b) First day on her new job.
(c) Childhood.
(d) Blind date.

5. What is notable about the physical characteristics of the woman in #145?
(a) She walks with a limp.
(b) She has a streak of white in her black hair.
(c) She is obese.
(d) She has one grey eye and one green eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the customer with whom Nan has a fight?

2. Who was the man whom Olive almost married?

3. How old was Olive when she opened her business?

4. What type of training did Jane, Helen and Margaret attend together?

5. How old was Vera when she had rheumatic fever?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pat thwart Stuart's plans for them to participate in an orgy?

2. What is the premise of "Highbury & Islington"?

3. What does Mona learn about her own mother's view of her death from cancer that is similar to her own?

4. What is the premise of "Victoria"?

5. What is the premise of "Stockwell"?

6. What are Eve's philosophies for helping women get ahead and when does she know to move on to the next opportunity?

7. What is the premise of "Pimlico"?

8. How does this story differ from many of the other stories which address inter-generational conflict?

9. Describe Vera's childhood and how she prepares to leave her situation.

10. Explain the reason for the trouble between Mary and her parents and what her life is like without them.

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