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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. In "His Mother's House", what is one of the few things Santiago Moses's mother brings with her when she moves into the house Santiago bought for her?
(a) The single family portrait.
(b) The love seat.
(c) The coffee table.
(d) The teacup her mother gave her.

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

3. Who had Lydia been dreaming of when the phone rang?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Cynthia.
(c) Antibes and a naked Texan.
(d) JL.

4. How does the protagonist of "The Store" get by day-to-day without a job?
(a) He lives with his girlfriend.
(b) He steals necessary items from local stores.
(c) He lives with his mother.
(d) He finds food and shelter around dumpsters.

5. What is the only reason Cassandra does not think it would be fair to shoot the fathers of Joyce's and Pearl's babies?
(a) The boys' families would miss them.
(b) The boys offered to marry the girls.
(c) The "It takes two to tango" rule.
(d) Boys will be boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rhonda die?

2. In "Lost in the City", what time is it when the telephone rings in Lydia Walsh's house?

3. What happens to Lonney two years after marriage?

4. Why does Humphrey show up at the new house?

5. Where does Cassandra drive Gladys Harper?

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