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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (pages 45 - 99).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator discover at her medical appointment at the end of the story "The Mark of Cain"?
(a) She needs to have a limb amputated.
(b) She is pregnant with twins.
(c) Her cancer has spread from her breast to her lungs.
(d) She will need surgery for a brain tumor.

2. What does Alvarez imagine his daughter's name will be?
(a) Estrella.
(b) Eloise.
(c) Abigail.
(d) Carmella.

3. 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 start the high-paying jobs they were offered before graduating from high school.
(c) They wanted to do an accelerate college program.
(d) They wanted to leave town to travel the world.

4. Where is Bianca raised?
(a) In an orphanage at the edge of town.
(b) In the Sahara Desert.
(c) In Chicago.
(d) In Death Valley.

5. Why does Elsie Moreau not want to associate with the new neighbors who are also from Haiti?
(a) She does not have good memories of her life in Haiti and she wants to disassociate herself, to a degree, with her home country.
(b) She thinks the new neighbors might have known her family members back in Haiti, and she did not liker her family members.
(c) She thinks it will make the other neighbors suspicious if she spends time with the new neighbors.
(d) She does not like the new neighbors because their skin is darker than hers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does a frigid woman go at night in the story "Difficult Women"?

2. What is the name of the unnamed narrator's boyfriend in the story "Baby Arm"?

3. Who does a frigid woman surround herself with in the story "Difficult Women"?

4. What does Kate's boyfriend do for a living?

5. What does a crazy woman do when she realizes she is pregnant again in the story "Difficult Women"?

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