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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. What city in Wisconsin is near Frank's new home?

2. Who was Else married to?

3. In Berlin, what did Mamah imagine planting?

4. In Chapter 45, how old is Louise?

5. What does Else offer Mamah outside a cafe in Chapter 31?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and where is Mamah buried?

2. How does the sheriff react when Frank calls him about the reporters and other issues?

3. What does the "Wisconsin State Journal" report about the tragedy?

4. What interests John when he looks around Taliesin in Chapter 46?

5. Why doesn't the Japanese cook that Frank hired come to Taliesin?

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

7. Is Mamah afraid of living in Wisconsin?

8. How does Dorothea Barton treat Mamah when they meet?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mattie doesn't advise Mamah to continue her affair. What advice does Mattie first give Mamah, and does her advice about the situation change as the summer ends?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 28, Mamah stays in Europe and Frank returns to America. Why do Mamah and Frank separate?

Essay Topic 3

Mamah never thought that Mattie should have married Alden. Why didn't Mamah think Mattie should have married Alden, and why does Mamah change her mind about the marriage?

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