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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Lavinia: An old Story” - “Ruthy and Edie”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is John's relationship to Ginny?
(a) They are colleagues.
(b) They are having an affair.
(c) They are married.
(d) They are distant cousins.

2. In "The Burdened Man," what does the man do after spending a few days in the hospital after being shot?
(a) He moves to a new neighborhood.
(b) He sues the man who shot him.
(c) He asks the woman to marry him.
(d) He shoots the man who shot him.

3. What does Livid tell Faith after Richard reads to them?
(a) He wants custody of Richard.
(b) Richard cannot read well.
(c) Richard is a genius.
(d) She should read to Richard more often.

4. What does Ricardo tell Faith in the letter he writes her in "Faith in a Tree"?
(a) He is having a child.
(b) He is not well and needs money.
(c) He wants custody of their sons.
(d) He wants her to take him back.

5. With whom does Faith leave her sons when she decides to run in the old neighborhood?
(a) Mrs. Raferty.
(b) Mrs. Luddy.
(c) Ricardo.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the woman after her uterine transplant in "At That Time, or the History of a Joke"?

2. What side job did Rose do in order to pay her rent?

3. What did the child do to upset her father in "Anxiety"?

4. What does Rose tell Lillie to tell her mother at the end of "Goodbye and Good Luck"?

5. What does Faith vow to do after her son copies a protest sign in chalk at the playground?

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