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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 149 - 188).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Marcy lived her whole life before moving to Florida in the story "Florida"?
(a) The Midwest.
(b) The Northeast.
(c) California.
(d) Europe.

2. Who does Caridad think she might be able to be friends with who has just moved to the Naples community?
(a) Teresa.
(b) Eloise.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Marcy.

3. What is Rebekah doing when Father Minty calls her to come see him after dinner with his mother at the end of "Bad Priest"?
(a) She is on a date with another man.
(b) She is volunteering at the homeless shelter.
(c) Drinking with her girlfriends.
(d) She is playing board games with her little sister.

4. Why does the narrator in the story "A Pat" seek out desperate people to help?
(a) She does many other bad things, so she feels the need to balance them with acts of charity.
(b) Her father told her to be kind to people.
(c) Her mother once told her to look for ugly, hopeless people to make friends with.
(d) She is mandated as part of her parole agreement to do community service.

5. Why do the couple that live in 1217 Ridgewood Road in the story "Florida" get their GEDs instead of finishing high school?
(a) They wanted to get married before graduating from high school.
(b) They wanted to do an accelerate college program.
(c) They wanted to leave town to travel the world.
(d) They wanted to start the high-paying jobs they were offered before graduating from high school.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way is Hanna deceiving her husband?

2. Who leaves her baby with Natasha in the story "Break All the Way Down"?

3. How did Father Minty's own father die?

4. Who is the housekeeper who works for William Livingston?

5. What secret of the stone thrower's does the stone thrower's glass wife discover?

(see the answer key)

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