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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 does Archie's wife die?
(a) She dies in an asylum of natural causes.
(b) In an explosion.
(c) She kills herself.
(d) She choked on a blueberry muffin.

2. Where is the first place Thea is staying when she decides she needs to look for a new room?
(a) In a fancy bed and breakfast.
(b) The mayor's house.
(c) The Studio Club.
(d) Bowers' house.

3. What emotion does Thea think she can feel coming from the rock surface of the Native American dwellings near the Ottenburg Ranch?
(a) Joy.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Anger.

4. Why do the people of Moonstone feel sorry for Tillie?
(a) They think Thea should bring her to New York.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) They think Thea should give her more money.
(d) They think Thea has abandoned her.

5. Who sings with Thea back at Johnny's house?
(a) The visiting Mexican folklore singing troupe.
(b) Wunsch.
(c) No one; she does a few solo performance.
(d) Johnny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thea do on the train back to Chicago after she visits Moonstone for the first time?

2. What illness does Thea get after seeing the Nathanmeyers?

3. What does Archie say to Ottenburg about how Thea sings?

4. Who is Fred Ottenburg?

5. What do the Ramos brothers admire so much in Thea?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the medical student come to visit Thea when she is sick?

2. Why does Thea move around so much when she returns to Chicago from her summer visit to Moonstone?

3. How do Thea's thoughts on music change during her time at Ottenburg Ranch?

4. What happens to Thea's father?

5. Why is Ottenburg upset that Thea will take money from Archie, but not from him?

6. What indicates to the reader that Spanish Johnny is excited and proud of Thea's performance?

7. What is the story behind Ottenburg's first marriage?

8. Why is Thea relieved after she tells Archie the story of her and Ottenburg?

9. How does Thea help herself fall asleep the night before her big performance?

10. What key piece of information does Cather insert into Tillie's recollection about her time in Kansas City with Thea?

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