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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Samuel” - “A Conversation with My Father” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is John's relationship to Dolly?
(a) He is her son.
(b) He is her boss.
(c) He is her distant cousin.
(d) He is her neighbor.

2. Why does Livid give Pallid permission to think of his sons as his in a letter?
(a) Because he does not think the children are his.
(b) Because he lives very far away.
(c) Because he is dying.
(d) Because he has never met the children.

3. Who tells Faith that she has "done a rotten job" (91) raising her sons in "A Subject of Childhood"?
(a) Pallid.
(b) Livid.
(c) Richard.
(d) Clifford.

4. What did Ellen call Faith to tell her in "Living"?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is dying.
(c) She slept with Faith's husband.
(d) She is moving.

5. In "The Burdened Man," what is the woman's husband's occupation?
(a) Truck Driver.
(b) Bartender.
(c) Cop.
(d) Doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Junius Finn say about Richard to Faith in "Faith in a Tree"?

2. What did Ellen's doctor tell her, though she swears it is untrue?

3. What does Faith ask Ellen's son Billy at her funeral?

4. Who is the speaker in "Distance"?

5. What does Jerry say when Kitty asks what she would do without him in "Come on, Ye Sons of Art"?

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