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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “The Contest” - “An Irrevocable Diameter” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event caused Rose to break up with Vlashkin?
(a) She began dating her boss.
(b) She met his wife.
(c) She saw Vlashkin with his other mistress.
(d) Vlashkin hit her.

2. Why Is Charles C. Charley at Cindy's house at the start of "An Irrevocable Diameter"?
(a) She is tutoring him in math.
(b) He is installing an air conditioner.
(c) He and Cindy have been set up on a blind date.
(d) He is there to go out with her sister.

3. What side job did Rose do in order to pay her rent?
(a) Making paper flowers.
(b) Food delivery driver.
(c) Telephone operator.
(d) Hair dresser.

4. What money-making opportunity does Dotty present to Freddy?
(a) She wants him to get into real estate.
(b) She wants to help him start his own business.
(c) She wants him to work for her father.
(d) She wants him to enter a trivia contest.

5. Who tells Virginia she was a "wild, nice kid" in "An Interest in Life"?
(a) Girard.
(b) John.
(c) Mrs. Raftery
(d) Leona.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Virginia tell Mrs. Raftery when she asks where her husband is going in "An Interest in Life"?

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

3. Why is Peter angry at Anna at the end of "The Pale Pink Roast"?

4. Why does Virginia write down her list of troubles near the end of "An Interest in Life"?

5. What does Freddy receive in the mail from Dotty at the end of "The Contest"?

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