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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 is Isaac Babel's profession?
(a) Politician.
(b) Photographer.
(c) Writer.
(d) Sculptor.

2. What is Susan and Matthew's last name?
(a) Watson.
(b) Randolph.
(c) Rawlings.
(d) Sloane.

3. What is the key to Jack's happiness?
(a) Cultivating his relationship with Rosemary.
(b) Learning a foreign language.
(c) Breaking ties with his family.
(d) Opening his own business.

4. How does Jack know when his father will die?
(a) The nurse tells him.
(b) He has a dream.
(c) He talks to his doctor.
(d) His father tells him.

5. What is the level of communication Hetty has with her children?
(a) Dinner on her birthday.
(b) Phone calls on Mother's Day.
(c) Phone calls every Sunday.
(d) One Christmas card from a daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hetty name the stray cat she finds?

2. What is Maureen's last name in "Notes for a Case History"?

3. In "England Versus England" a young man struggles to find __________________.

4. What debt does Hetty skip out on?

5. Susan turns a spare bedroom into __________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the premise of "Homage for Isaac Babel"?

2. What is the premise of "An Old Woman and Her Cat"?

3. What drives Hetty to living a life alone on the streets?

4. What was life like for Matthew and Susan Rawlings prior to their marriage?

5. What is the significance of the story's title?

6. Why does Susan fabricate having a lover?

7. Why is Hetty originally willing to move from the streets to an official home and what stops her?

8. What seems to be missing from Matthew and Susan's life as their marriage extends?

9. What does Jack do with his life after the death of his father?

10. What is Maureen's father's perspective on Maureen's life?

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