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Questions and Answers
What caused Bill and Mary to stop speaking to each other?
What caused Bill and Mary to stop speaking to each other?
- Bill's bitter attitude towards women
- Mary's marriage to another man (correct)
- A move to New York
- A misunderstanding about a past event
How did Bill react when Mary lifted her face as though wanting a kiss?
How did Bill react when Mary lifted her face as though wanting a kiss?
- He turned away without saying anything
- He hugged her tightly
- He held out his hand (correct)
- He kissed her immediately
Where does Mary work now?
Where does Mary work now?
- In a downtown office
- In the bursar’s office at Columbia (correct)
- At a law firm
- At a bank
What is Bill's profession now?
What is Bill's profession now?
What does the encounter between Bill and Mary reveal about their past relationship?
What does the encounter between Bill and Mary reveal about their past relationship?
What did the protagonist forget to do before leaving?
What did the protagonist forget to do before leaving?
What was the protagonist's emotional state as she entered the bus?
What was the protagonist's emotional state as she entered the bus?
What was the significance of the lights coming on up the whole length of Fifth Avenue?
What was the significance of the lights coming on up the whole length of Fifth Avenue?
What did the leaves falling slowly from the trees in the Square symbolize?
What did the leaves falling slowly from the trees in the Square symbolize?
What did Bill suggest to the protagonist before she left?
What did Bill suggest to the protagonist before she left?
Bill was still ______ at all
Bill was still ______ at all
The leaves fell slowly from the trees in the ______
The leaves fell slowly from the trees in the ______
The lights came on up the whole length of Fifth Avenue, chains of misty brilliance in the ______ air
The lights came on up the whole length of Fifth Avenue, chains of misty brilliance in the ______ air
She felt a little ______
She felt a little ______
The bus started. People came between them ______, people crossing the street, people they didn't know
The bus started. People came between them ______, people crossing the street, people they didn't know
She lost sight of Bill. Then she remembered she had forgotten to give him her address—or to ask him for ______ -- or tell him that her youngest boy was named Bill, too
She lost sight of Bill. Then she remembered she had forgotten to give him her address—or to ask him for ______ -- or tell him that her youngest boy was named Bill, too
