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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, A Long Day and a Long Night, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sets Miss Mary apart from the other tenants?
(a) She owns the brownstone.
(b) She is White.
(c) She has a car.
(d) She is Selina's father's employer.

2. What type of job do most immigrant women in the story have?
(a) Doing laundry.
(b) Cleaning houses.
(c) Raising chickens.
(d) Waitressing.

3. What is the relationship between Suggie and Selina?
(a) Suggie lives upstairs.
(b) Selina wants to be like Suggie.
(c) Suggie is Selina's babysitter.
(d) Suggie has an affair with Selina's father.

4. What does Miss Thompson do for a living?
(a) She runs a restaurant.
(b) She runs a beauty shop and cleans offices.
(c) She runs a bakery and does laundry.
(d) She cleans homes for the rich.

5. What is the relationship between Selina and Beryl?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Mother and daughter.
(c) Best friends.
(d) Sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Selina's sister's name?

2. Why are the children at Miss Thompson's hungry?

3. Why does Miss Thompson not go to the doctor?

4. In Book 1, Chapter 3, what is Deighton's latest idea for making money?

5. How does Maritze react to Suggie's lovers staying over?

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