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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the doctor not recommend for Almeda?
(a) Washing dishes.
(b) Doing the laundry.
(c) Scrubbing floors.
(d) Joining a garden club.

2. What can happen when people research history?
(a) They can tell too much.
(b) They can destroy the facts.
(c) They can come to the wrong conclusions.
(d) They can withhold their findings.

3. What does Jarvis immediately surmise about the condition of the woman at the gate?
(a) She is in a coma.
(b) She is dead.
(c) She is drunk.
(d) She is asleep.

4. What literary technique does the author use to compare the flow of Almeda's emotional pain to a river?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Allegory.

5. The narrator admits to the possibility of ___________ in the story.
(a) Errors.
(b) High drama.
(c) Truth.
(d) Poetic license.

6. What does Almeda do as she drinks her beverage?
(a) Talks on the phone.
(b) Reads a magazine.
(c) Browses her book shelves.
(d) Sits in her dark house.

7. The nerve tonic is meant to __________ Almeda.
(a) Calm.
(b) Energize.
(c) Regulate.
(d) Stimulate.

8. What does the doctor think would make Almeda feel better?
(a) Getting married.
(b) A vacation.
(c) Painting.
(d) Reducing stress.

9. What does Almeda conclude is her life's work?
(a) To teach.
(b) To write.
(c) To explore.
(d) To be.

10. The narrator could not possibly know ________________________.
(a) What church Almeda attended.
(b) What Almeda wrote.
(c) Almeda's thoughts.
(d) What Almeda wore.

11. What does Almeda consider as she sits all day?
(a) Getting a job.
(b) Planting a garden.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Writing again.

12. Which of the following is not a state into which Almeda goes as a result of the nerve tonic?
(a) Awareness.
(b) Higher creativity.
(c) Repose.
(d) Independence.

13. What does Almeda put on to go outside and check on the woman?
(a) A cape.
(b) A hat.
(c) A raincoat.
(d) A shawl.

14. Why can Almeda not discern that the woman at the gate is drunk and not dead?
(a) It is too dark.
(b) The woman has soiled herself.
(c) She has led a sheltered existence.
(d) The woman is not moving.

15. Where does Almeda go after Jarvis leaves?
(a) A cafe.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The privy.
(d) Back to bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jarvis decide to do with Almeda?

2. What kind of jelly does Almeda decide to make one day?

3. Why does Almeda stop taking the nerve medicine?

4. What does Almeda put into her beverage?

5. In which room does Almeda sit all day?

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