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1.From what talent or skill did literature keep Theodora from pursuing?
A.teaching young children
B.making bows and trimming hats
C.sewing
D.cooking



2.What was Theodora's aim in writing?
A.to stir the depths of human nature
B.to make her readers laugh
C.to make as much money as Kathleen Kyd
D.to learn about herself as a person



3.Who wrote the story that appears in the Home Circle?
A.Kathleen Kyd
B.her father, Dr. Dace
C.Miss Sophy Brill
D.Uncle James



4.What does the narrator refer a young man to in the Home Circle office?
A.a hateful creature
B.a zoological specimen
C.a stuffy word surgeon
D.a dastardly typographer



5.Why did Theodora's father understand her feelings?
A.He was a very good doctor.
B.He had spoken to the editors at the Home Circle.
C.He understood his daughter very well.
D.He also had a novel rejected.

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