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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 does Mr. Graham help Charles do at the end of "An Irrevocable Diameter"?
(a) Go back to school.
(b) Start a business.
(c) Get a home loan.
(d) Buy a new car.

2. What did Anna do every day in "Debts"?
(a) Work.
(b) Write.
(c) Clean her mother's house.
(d) Bring Michael a hot meal.

3. What kind of story does the woman's father ask her to write in "Conversations with my Father"?
(a) A romance.
(b) A simple story.
(c) A silly story.
(d) A mystery.

4. Who recites Faith a poem at the end of "Faith in the Afternoon"?
(a) Ricardo.
(b) Faith's father.
(c) Faith's mother.
(d) Mrs. Hegel-Stein.

5. What does the narrator think is the only thing she ever really wanted in "Wants"?
(a) Well-behaved children.
(b) A sailboat.
(c) A better husband.
(d) To be a different person.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the start of "Faith in the Afternoon," why did Faith's husband Ricardo leave her?

2. Who tells Faith that she has "done a rotten job" (91) raising her sons in "A Subject of Childhood"?

3. What is the name of Dennis's band in "Enormous Changes at the Last Minute"?

4. Which character is helping the narrator find a job in "The Floating Truth"?

5. Which character came to cook Browny breakfast in the morning after he stayed at Josie's?

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