1、In what are women expected to behave?
A、To be confident and dashing.
B、To be docile and submissive.
C、To be dominating.
D、To be confident.
2、Why were women easily subjected to domestic violence in the past?
A、They were financially dependent on their husband.
B、They were physically too weak.
C、They suffered from Stockholm syndrome.
D、They were considered as property.
3、Why does Carla in “Runaway” return to her husband?
A、She falls into the trap of Stockholm Syndrome.
B、She suffers from low self-esteem and is afraid of Clark, her husband.
C、She is scared of the unknown future and misses her emotional tie with Clark.
D、She is in love with her husband.
4、In “Dimensions”, why does Lloyd decide to move to strange town after marriage?
A、He wants to start his life anew.
B、He finds better job opportunity in the other town.
C、He wants to sever the ties that Doree has with her mother’s friend to get better control of her.
D、He is thinking of starting a family.
5、Why do you think Doree gives up life with her mother’s friend and marries Lloyd instead?
A、She looks for a fatherly figure in marriage because she grows up in a single-parent family.
B、She does not want to be dependent on her mother’s friend.
C、She wants to start her own family independently.
D、She needs someone to take care of her
6、What kind of influence does Maggie have on Doree?
A、She helps Doree to leave her husband.
B、She provides an outsider’s perspective on Doree’s marriage.
C、She is sympathetic of Doree’s wretched situation.
D、She sets up a role model for Doree.
7、After the murder of her three children, what does Doree’s change of appearance indicate?
A、She is a person in disguise, assuming the identity strictly of her profession.
B、She abandons the role of a daughter, mother and wife.
C、She wants to assume an identity of a maid.
D、Both a and b
8、Why does she cut her hair short and almost only wears uniform?
A、She wants to discard the social role of a woman.
B、She wants to go around her life without being noticed.
C、She is recovering from her loss and pain.
D、She wants to be seen as a professional person.
9、What kind of role does Mrs. Sands play in the story?
A、She offers compassion to the victim.
B、She helps the victim to think rationally.
C、She helps the victim reconstruct her life.
D、She empathizes with the victim.
10、Why is Doree angry at the religious workers?
A、She is enraged at having her loss taken advantage of.
B、She has received a nonreligious education from her mother.
C、She dislikes ideas being shoved at her.
D、She is not a religious believer.
11、Why does Mrs. Sands not persuade Doree to refrain from seeing her ex-husband?
A、Her professional ethics forbids her to do so.
B、She wants to leave the decision-making to her rather than making decision for her.
C、She is afraid of enraging Doree by mentioning her husband.
D、She cares for Doree too much.
12、Why does Doree refrain from telling Mrs. Sands about the letter from Lloyd?
A、She is afraid that Mrs. Sands will take the letter away from her.
B、She distrusts Mrs. Sands of her professional ability.
C、She is unwilling to have her illusion cleared away by Mrs. Sands.
D、She dislikes Mrs. Sands for being too nosy.
13、Which of the following factors help Doree’s recovery from trauma?
A、The passage of time, and the financial and emotional independence.
B、The professional help from social workers.
C、Visiting Lloyd in the institution.
D、Both a and b.
14、Why is Doree unable to respond to small things that make people happy?
A、Because she suffers from PTSD (Post-traumatic syndrome disorder)
B、Because she is uprooted from her hometown.
C、Because she has divorced her husband.
D、Because she has lost her job.
15、How is Lloyd portrayed in the story?
A、He has been through transformations from a confident and able man to a mentally deranged person.
B、He transforms from a loving husband and father into a man who deserts his family.
C、He treats his family cruelly and does not deserve sympathy.##
16、Why does Doree still visit Lloyd despite of the disapproval she senses in Mrs. Sands?
A、She still loves him despite of the murder.
B、She is afraid that once he is out from the institution, he will be after her.
C、She still clings to the past and the memory she shares with Lloyd.
D、She is threatened by her ex-husband.
17、Why does Doree compare the visit to Lloyd as a parent visiting child in school?
A、Because she asks similar questions about his life.
B、Because she shares similar feeling of patronization.
C、Because she sees Lloyd as immature.
D、Because she is protective of him.
18、Why is the public will cautious in interfering with family affairs?
A、Because marriage is the holy matrimony decreed by God.
B、Because family is a territory governed by the man.
C、Because there was a clear line between private and public sphere.
D、Because domestic sphere is sacred.
19、Why is the detail of the ironed shirt depicted in the highway accident?
A、To show that the kid is someone’s son and saving him is saving a family.
B、To create an atmosphere of urgency.
C、To show that Doree’s calmness in time of emergency.
D、To tell the reader that the kid is well taken care of.
20、Why does Doree decide to stop visiting her ex-husband?
A、She misses the visiting hours and has to come back some other time.
B、She has to take the boy to the hospital in the ambulance.
C、Through saving the boy, she is able to healing her wound and reconstruct her identity as a whole person.
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