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Alice Munro, Miles City, Montana

Alice Munro, Miles City, Montana

Read Miles City, Montana and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. Who did Steve Gauley live with before his death?

his mother

his father

his grandparents

his older sister and her husband

2. Where is the funeral held?

There is no funeral.

at Steve’s father’s house

in the narrator’s house

in a Catholic church

3. Where do the narrator and her husband, Andrew, live?

in Vancouver

in Montreal

in Nova Scotia

in Ontario

4. During the family’s car trip, the narrator and Andrew have a brief argument about

the fact that Andrew forgot the map.

which of them is more successful.

which route they would take.

the fact that the narrator forgot to put lettuce on the sandwiches.

5. What happens in Miles City, Montana?

The family stops to eat at a small diner.

The narrator’s daughter runs away.

The narrator’s daughter nearly drowns.

The narrator and Andrew have another argument.