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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 the narrator's ex say was the reason their marriage ended in "Wants"?
(a) They never went on vacation.
(b) They never spent time with his parents.
(c) They never invited the Bertrams for dinner.
(d) She cheated on him.

2. Who comes home proud that she saved the family $4.65 on dinner in "A Woman, Young and Old"?
(a) Josephine's grandmother.
(b) Lizzy.
(c) Josephine's mother.
(d) Joanna.

3. Why does Faith try to urge Tonto to play outside with Richard and Lester in "A Subject of Childhood"?
(a) She is afraid Richard and Lester will play in the house if Tonto does not go outside.
(b) Lester is Tonto's best friend.
(c) Tonto does not socialize much and she thinks it would be good for him.
(d) She wants a few minutes to herself.

4. What reason did Josephine's mother give for her father's departure?
(a) He left for another woman.
(b) He died.
(c) He left because of the children.
(d) Her mother and father fell out of love.

5. Why did Rose receive a raise, according to the story "Goodbye and Good Luck"?
(a) Her boss offered a raise after she threatened to quit.
(b) She demanded a raise.
(c) Her boss offered a raise after noting her hard work.
(d) Vlashkin convinced her boss to give her one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faith tell her father must happen before she can visit him again at the end of "Faith in the Afternoon"?

2. Who tells Virginia she was a "wild, nice kid" in "An Interest in Life"?

3. What happened to the boys in the family described in "Gloomy Tune"?

4. In "A Subject of Childhood," where does Faith feel like "a star" (91)?

5. What did Anna do every day in "Debts"?

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