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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. What does James decide two days before the New Year?
(a) That he will forgive Theresa if she will marry him immediately.
(b) That he is moving away.
(c) That it's over.
(d) That he is putting his mother in a nursing home.

2. Who does Rose introduce Theresa to?
(a) Victor.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) James.
(d) Tony.

3. Who is the new man Theresa befriends at the bar she and Katherine walk to?
(a) George.
(b) Brooks.
(c) Ali.
(d) Gary.

4. When none of the new men in her life call, to what does Theresa turn her attention?
(a) To Brooks' heartbreak.
(b) To food.
(c) To work.
(d) To self pity.

5. Who is pitted against each other in the union strike?
(a) Assembly line workers vs. management.
(b) Student workers vs. full time administration.
(c) Part time workers vs. full time workers.
(d) Old teachers vs. new teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Theresa insist her date take her that neither she nor her date enjoy?

2. What lie does Theresa tell James when they arrive at her apartment on Christmas?

3. What gift does James give Theresa for Christmas?

4. Where is a union strike held?

5. Who does Theresa try to seduce at the wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the regular dating arrangement Theresa has developed until Victor comes along.

2. How does Theresa deal with James teasing that he wants to marry her?

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

4. Discuss Tony's background and family.

5. Discuss why Theresa asks Gary to leave her apartment.

6. Discuss what Theresa does in the bar when she sees Gary.

7. Discuss the first time James and Theresa make love.

8. 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?

9. Discuss how Theresa feels when she sees Tony waiting for her after school and why she feels that way.

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

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