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

2. Why were Josie and Browny unable to marry?
(a) She was not old enough.
(b) Her mother would no allow it.
(c) He was already married.
(d) He had syphilis.

3. Why does Josephine's grandmother say it was good that her sons had all gone away?
(a) They found beautiful wives.
(b) They went on to do great things.
(c) They were all very grouchy.
(d) They cost her a fortune.

4. What does Virginia tell Mrs. Raftery when she asks where her husband is going in "An Interest in Life"?
(a) "I have no idea."
(b) "He is joining the army."
(c) "He is probably deserting me."
(d) "He is marrying his mistress."

5. Why does Josephine put on lipstick and a bra in "A Woman, Young and Old"?
(a) To impress Corporal Brownstar.
(b) To get ready to go out on her first date.
(c) To anger her mother.
(d) She did it as a joke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Virginia's husband begin sleeping on the floor?

2. Where did Aunt Rose tell Lillie she worked in "Goodbye and Good Luck"?

3. What does Freddy tell Dotty in his postcard after she goes overseas?

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

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

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