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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. How close is the nearest neighbor to Taliesin?

2. Who was Else married to?

3. How much money did the Spaulding brothers give Frank to buy Japanese prints?

4. What is Mamah's real name?

5. How old was Martha when Mamah began her affair with Frank?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 31, what is the female performer wearing?

2. What does Mamah learn when she tracks down Huebsch?

3. How does Mamah know the performer at the cafe in Chapter 31?

4. Is Mamah afraid of living in Wisconsin?

5. How does Mamah decide to get her hair cut?

6. How was Christmas for Mamah in 1911 with her children?

7. Why are Aunt Jenny and Nell worried about the newspaper stories circulating about Frank and Mamah?

8. Why is Mamah excited that Margaret Anderson is interested in publishing Hÿmn to Nature"?

9. How did Putnam's receive Mamah last summer when she tried to get them to publish Key's essays?

10. How do Frank, Edwin, and John get seats on the train without waiting in line?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mamah used the word "dogged" to describe how Edwin often got his way. How did Edwin use persistence to court Mamah and to get a new home?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 4, Mamah and Frank resume their relationship. How did Frank and Mamah meet and what led to their interest in one another?

Essay Topic 3

Anna Wright depends heavily on Frank. Why does Frank's mother depend on him so much?

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