Early Autumn by Langston Hughes
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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?

  • 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?

  • 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?

    <p>Lawyer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the encounter between Bill and Mary reveal about their past relationship?

    <p>They have both moved on and are content in their current lives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the protagonist forget to do before leaving?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the protagonist's emotional state as she entered the bus?

    <p>Nervous</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the lights coming on up the whole length of Fifth Avenue?

    <p>It represented a moment of missed opportunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the leaves falling slowly from the trees in the Square symbolize?

    <p>The passage of time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Bill suggest to the protagonist before she left?

    <p>That they should have dinner with his family</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Bill was still ______ at all

    <p>young</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The leaves fell slowly from the trees in the ______

    <p>Square</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The lights came on up the whole length of Fifth Avenue, chains of misty brilliance in the ______ air

    <p>blue</p> Signup and view all the answers

    She felt a little ______

    <p>sick</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The bus started. People came between them ______, people crossing the street, people they didn't know

    <p>outside</p> Signup and view all the answers

    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

    <p>his</p> Signup and view all the answers

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