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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Little Hours," what time does the narrator wake?
(a) 2:45 am.
(b) 4:20 am.
(c) 5:15 am.
(d) 3:30 am.

2. How does Mrs. Murdock feel about her dress as she leaves her visit with Miss Noyes and Lily Wynton?
(a) She feels a tenderness toward her clothes because they are her own.
(b) She is embarrassed by the plain style and color.
(c) She wants to alter it to look more like Lily Wynton's dress.
(d) The dress makes her feel like an actress on stage.

3. What disturbing news does the narrator give to Mona?
(a) Garry has moved away to Chicago and does not plan to return.
(b) Mona's doctor has been telling everyone about her "condition."
(c) Mona will never find a man who will want to marry her.
(d) Garry is not out of town, but has been seen around town with another woman.

4. Why does the narrator refuse to count sheep?
(a) She does not want to fall back asleep.
(b) She hates sheep.
(c) She does not like to count.
(d) Counting sheep is for children.

5. How much time passes between the time that Horace leaves the narrator's home and the time that he calls the house?
(a) One week.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Ten minutes.
(d) One day.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has the girl in the short story "The Last Tea" been waiting for the young man?

2. In the poem "Epitaph," how many times does the narrator die?

3. In "Social Note," what advice does the narrator give to women who are seduced by "discreet" men?

4. In the story "Mrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street," what are the narrator and her husband looking for in a servant?

5. To what does the narrator compare the lighting in the speakeasy?

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