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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 has a car.
(c) She is White.
(d) She is Selina's father's employer.

2. Why is Silla not happy about Deighton's good news?
(a) Because she is afraid that money is evil.
(b) Because she worries that he will squander his inheritance.
(c) Because she thinks that he will kill her.
(d) Because she does not want more children.

3. Which of the following is the year in which the opening of the book is set?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1949.

4. Who is Vergie?
(a) A debt collector.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A nun.

5. In what part of New York does the Boyce family live?
(a) Little Italy.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Queens.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book 1, Chapter 3, why does the other man think that Deighton will not make money at his latest venture?

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

3. What type of job do most immigrant women in the story have?

4. Where do people in the story go for fun on a Saturday night?

5. How does Miss Thompson like to spend her money?

(see the answer key)

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