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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Distance” - “Faith in a Tree”.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Aunt Rose tell Lillie she worked in "Goodbye and Good Luck"?
(a) The Russian Ballet of Manhattan.
(b) The Yiddish School of Arts
(c) The Russian Art Theater of Second Avenue.
(d) The Jewish Theater in New Jersey

3. What did Ellen call Faith to tell her in "Living"?
(a) She is moving.
(b) She is dying.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She slept with Faith's husband.

4. What did Yoyo become well known for in "Gloomy Tune"?
(a) Yoyo became well known for working hard.
(b) Yoyo became well known for being a ladies man
(c) Yoyo became well known for winning the Nobel Prize.
(d) Yoyo became well known for using a knife.

5. What is the occupation of the narrator in "Debts"?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Writer.
(c) Homemaker.
(d) Nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ellen's doctor tell her, though she swears it is untrue?

2. What gift does Virginia's husband give to her at the start of "An Interest in Life"?

3. What is John's relationship to Dolly?

4. Who recites Faith a poem at the end of "Faith in the Afternoon"?

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

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