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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of chapter 8?
(a) East, 1974.
(b) East, 1977.
(c) Ease, 1977.
(d) Ease, 1974.

2. The peddler said he could feel Daisy's what when she was born?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Hands.
(c) Feet.
(d) Happiness.

3. Daisy alternates between being completely normal and what?
(a) Child-like.
(b) Illogical.
(c) Mean.
(d) Comatose.

4. The grandson of the village peddler's first name is what?
(a) Skuttle.
(b) Skirt.
(c) Skoot.
(d) Skiddle.

5. What possible reason does Beverly give for the depression?
(a) Ungrateful children.
(b) Sexual repression.
(c) Loss of husband.
(d) Loss of column.

6. As predicted, Daisy has lived for many years after what?
(a) Joan's death.
(b) Victoria's death.
(c) Warren's death.
(d) The decline in her health.

7. It will be revealed to Daisy's children that Daisy's first husband died by jumping from a what?
(a) Bridge.
(b) Train.
(c) Roof.
(d) Window.

8. Daisy's ailments are listed in what order?
(a) Alphabetically.
(b) According to seriousness of the illness.
(c) Reverse chronological order, from death back.
(d) Chronologically from childhood on.

9. Magnus was a local celebrity for being able to recite what, word for word?
(a) Jane Eyre.
(b) Moby Dick.
(c) the Constitution.
(d) the Declaration of Independence.

10. What relation is Beverly to Barker?
(a) Niece.
(b) Mother.
(c) Daughter.
(d) Cousin.

11. Daisy is frequently visited by whom, in chapter 8?
(a) Warren.
(b) Beverly.
(c) Magnus.
(d) Victoria.

12. Who thinks the loss of the column is the reason for the depression?
(a) Alice.
(b) Maria.
(c) Magnus.
(d) Cuyler.

13. As he is dying, Cuyler decides to stop building what?
(a) Skyscraper.
(b) A castle.
(c) A pyramid.
(d) A dome.

14. Who believes it is the plight of women to be eventually broken?
(a) Jay.
(b) Beans.
(c) Warren.
(d) Fraidy.

15. Much of what Daisy has left for her family is what?
(a) Money.
(b) Clearly documented.
(c) Property.
(d) A riddle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Joan think her mother is angry at?

2. Where is Warren now living?

3. Who disappears, after Cuyler's death?

4. Why does another writer take over Daisy's column?

5. What reason does Warren give for the depression?

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