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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On Thanksgiving night, what does Theresa do before making love with James?
(a) Watches TV.
(b) Gets drunk at the corner bar.
(c) Smokes a joint.
(d) Eats leftover pie.

2. What is Theresa's career choice?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Singing.
(c) Bartending.
(d) Acting.

3. Where are Theresa and James scheduled to go after Thanksgiving dinner and why?
(a) To Patricia's for drinks.
(b) Window shopping to look for engagement rings.
(c) To a bar to celebrate their engagement.
(d) To Katherine's for a party.

4. What does Katherine confide to Theresa the November after Theresa becomes a boarder in her house?
(a) That she is pregnant.
(b) That she wants to leave her husband.
(c) That she is addicted to drugs.
(d) That she is addicted to alcohol.

5. What changes Theresa's mind about her sister's former husband?
(a) She finds him with another woman.
(b) He flirts with her.
(c) She learns that he is homosexual.
(d) She learns that he is a drug dealer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Theresa spend her time the week after Christmas?

2. What repulses Theresa about Gary?

3. Where is a union strike held?

4. Who calls Theresa after she gets home from talking with Tony?

5. Who stopped being friendly to Theresa after she spent time with Victor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Theresa's thoughts on getting her life back together.

2. After the incident at the party, what happens that convinces Theresa it is the last time she will see Tony?

3. Discuss the confrontation between Rose and Theresa.

4. Discuss how the Thanksgiving break changes Katherine.

5. Discuss the first continuing relationship that resulted from one of Theresa's bar pickups.

6. What decision does Katherine make in January that hurts Theresa deeply? What is the irony of it?

7. Katherine looks to Theresa as someone to whom she can confess. What does Katherine confess in the November after Theresa moves away from the Bronx?

8. Why does Theresa decide to leave the Bronx?

9. Discuss what happens at his mother's party that changes Theresa's relationship with Tony.

10. Discuss the use of marijuana in Theresa's life when she lives in Manhattan.

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