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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 does Freddy tell Dotty in his postcard after she goes overseas?
(a) He regrets having met her.
(b) They can get married as soon as she returns.
(c) He wished he had married her.
(d) She was basically a prostitute.

2. What does the man worry about in "The Burdened Man" ?
(a) Money.
(b) His children.
(c) His wife.
(d) Death.

3. What does Lavinia's mother ask Robert at the start of "Lavinia: An Old Story"?
(a) What type of worker he is.
(b) How much money he makes.
(c) If he has ever cheated on someone.
(d) How many children he wants.

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

5. Which character does Jerry describe as shrewd in "Come on, Ye Sons of Art"?
(a) Anna Marie.
(b) Zandaski.
(c) Kitty.
(d) Liliah.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Faith find has returned to her house when she comes back from Mrs. Luddy's?

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

4. How does Charlie think Juniper died in "The Little Girl"?

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

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