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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 Volodya Vlashkin's occupation in "Goodbye and Good Luck"?
(a) Painter.
(b) Theater owner.
(c) Actor.
(d) Restauranteur.

2. Why does Josephine put on lipstick and a bra in "A Woman, Young and Old"?
(a) To impress Corporal Brownstar.
(b) She did it as a joke.
(c) To anger her mother.
(d) To get ready to go out on her first date.

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

4. In Politics, why do the mothers want a fence put up around the playground?
(a) To keep pedophiles away.
(b) To keep people from photographing the children.
(c) To keep drunkards from harassing them.
(d) To keep drug dealers away.

5. Why were Josie and Browny unable to marry?
(a) He was already married.
(b) Her mother would no allow it.
(c) She was not old enough.
(d) He had syphilis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the narrator when she sees her ex-husband at the start of "Wants"?

2. What money-making opportunity does Dotty present to Freddy?

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

4. What did Browny do in his bedroom just before Josie told him she loved him?

5. Who is the speaker in "The Little Girl"?

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