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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 is Jarvis Poulter's marital status?

2. What can Almeda see from her window?

3. Almeda is not considered to be _______________ yet.

4. What is the role of the narrator in MENESETEUNG?

5. The Ontario of Almeda's time was called ______________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Almeda do as she sits in her dark house?

2. What is distinctive about the protagonist?

3. What is the story of MENESETEUNG?

4. Why is the town populated with relatively young people under the age of 50?

5. What is Almeda shocked by the woman's body and whose help does she enlist?

6. What would it mean if Jarvis were to escort Almeda to church some evening or Sunday instead of just walking her home?

7. What is the irony of Almeda's consumption of the nerve tonic?

8. Almeda is finally exhausted and falls asleep to be awakened by what disturbing noise?

9. How does the author show that Almeda is in a state of delirium from the nerve tonic?

10. How does the author indicate Almeda's social standing in the town?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Munro uses more than one instance of irony in the book. Cite at least two examples you can identify in the story and note why they are examples of irony.

Essay Topic 2

Go back in time ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of Almeda and Jarvis. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the significance of the story's title. What did the author mean by calling the play MENESETEUNG? Why didn't she simply call it ALMEDA? Cite an example to support your answer.

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