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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Mr. Hoover?
(a) 40.
(b) 45.
(c) 36.
(d) 39.

2. Who likes it when Miss Leeson has time to sit on the steps?
(a) The female roomers.
(b) Clara.
(c) Mrs. Parker.
(d) The gentlemen roomers.

3. How dark is Miss Leeson's room at night?
(a) Like catacombs.
(b) Like an unlit closet.
(c) Like the shaft of a coal mine.
(d) Like the bottom of a well.

4. What is the diagnosis for Miss Leeson's condition?
(a) Debility induced by starvation.
(b) Malnourishment.
(c) Overwork.
(d) Emaciation.

5. In what constellation is the star that Miss Leeson refers to as Billy Jackson?
(a) Ursa Major.
(b) Centaurus.
(c) Cassiopeia.
(d) Orion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Leeson do when she has no work in the evenings?

2. Where does Miss Leeson weakly strike the man who asks her to marry him?

3. How is Miss Leeson's room described when she falls on her iron cot when she has had no dinner?

4. When the roomers are talking about stars, how many ducks and rabbits does Miss Dorn say she shot on Sunday?

5. What does Miss Longnecker do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What trouble does Miss Leeson begin having in getting work?

2. Why is Miss Leeson a person who should not live in the Skylight Room?

3. Who is Mr. Hoover?

4. What does Miss Leesen and some of the other roomers do in the evenings?

5. How do the men who room at Mrs. Parker's treat Miss Leeson differently than the female boarders?

6. What happens to Miss Leeson after she is taken away by ambulance?

7. What does Miss Leeson let Mr. Skidder read to her?

8. What happens the night when Miss Leeson comes home without having dinner?

9. Who is Miss Dorn?

10. What does Miss Leeson do every day?

(see the answer keys)

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