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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Two Short Sad Stories from a Long and Happy Life” - “Debts”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the narrator when she sees her ex-husband at the start of "Wants"?
(a) The library.
(b) Her apartment stoop.
(c) The playground.
(d) The doctor's office.

2. In "A Subject of Childhood," where does Faith feel like "a star" (91)?
(a) At the laundromat.
(b) In her apartment building.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) At work.

3. What event at work upsets the narrator in "The Floating Truth"?
(a) The narrator's boss harrasses her.
(b) A new, young woman is hired.
(c) The narrator is fired.
(d) The narrator is being asked to do too much work.

4. At the end of "Wants," what is a sign to the narrator that change is possible?
(a) Her husband was kind to her.
(b) She joined a protest.
(c) She returned her library books.
(d) Her ex is getting a sailboat.

5. Why does Peter ask Louie to watch his daughter Judy?
(a) He does not want to spend time with her.
(b) Judy did not want to be with Peter.
(c) He has to work.
(d) So he can see Anna's new place.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why Is Charles C. Charley at Cindy's house at the start of "An Irrevocable Diameter"?

2. Who is the narrator of "An Irrevocable Diameter"?

3. Who comes home proud that she saved the family $4.65 on dinner in "A Woman, Young and Old"?

4. Who is Girard in "An Interest in Life"?

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

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