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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 receive in the mail from Dotty at the end of "The Contest"?
(a) $5000.
(b) $600 and an apology letter.
(c) Photos of Dotty and her new boyfriend.
(d) $100 and slides of her trip.

2. What does Dennis want Alexandra to do when she tells him she is pregnant?
(a) Marry him.
(b) Move to the commune with him.
(c) Pretend the child is someone else's.
(d) Have an abortion.

3. Who tells Faith that she has "done a rotten job" (91) raising her sons in "A Subject of Childhood"?
(a) Richard.
(b) Clifford.
(c) Pallid.
(d) Livid.

4. What does the older woman suggest the unwed mothers at the playground do in "Northeast Playground"?
(a) She suggests they never marry.
(b) She suggests they apply for welfare.
(c) She suggests they find rich guys to marry.
(d) She suggests they mingle with the married mothers.

5. What does one neighbor tell the stranger about the young girls in "In the Garden"?
(a) The girls are a figment of the woman's imagination.
(b) Their father was involved in the kidnapping.
(c) They are better off without their mother.
(d) She thinks he kidnapped the girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cindy's father tells Charles he can do in order for them to drop the charges?

2. In "The Loudest Voice," why is Shirley's mother hesitant to let her act in the school Christmas play?

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

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

5. In "The Burdened Man," what is the woman's husband's occupation?

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