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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lost in the City and His Mother's House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lydia ask of the nurse who calls to inform her of her mother's death?
(a) Lydia asks when her mother passed.
(b) Lydia asks that they simply send her body to the funeral home.
(c) Lydia asks that they not put the sheet over her face until she has seen her first.
(d) Lydia asks how this has happened.

2. What happens to Lonney two years after marriage?
(a) Lonney joins the Army.
(b) Brenda cheats on Lonney.
(c) Lonney is killed in an accident at work.
(d) Lonney is fired from his job.

3. What did Anita's father tell her about Anacostia?
(a) People there still live with chickens and cows.
(b) Anacostia is a place for men to live with their mistresses.
(c) Anita should never go there because it is too far away.
(d) Anacostia is a place full of criminals and thieves.

4. Where did Lydia send her mother as 65th birthday present?
(a) Ghana.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Israel.
(d) Florida.

5. In "The Store", how long has Atlas Printing Co. been in business?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 75 years.
(d) 150 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Cassandra's sister and brother-in-law live?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics the protagonist of "The Store" lists about himself in regard to his service at his first job?

3. What does Cassandra carry in her pocket?

4. Where is Jack Lawrence originally from?

5. What interrupts Cassandra as she writes her phone number down for Wesley?

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