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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. What does Faith vow to do after her son copies a protest sign in chalk at the playground?
(a) Be more conscious of what is happening in the world.
(b) Have him spend more time with his father.
(c) Keep him out of the park during protests.
(d) Read to him more.

2. Which character came to cook Browny breakfast in the morning after he stayed at Josie's?
(a) Liz.
(b) Joanna.
(c) Josie's mother.
(d) Josie's grandmother.

3. What does Faith ask Ellen's son Billy at her funeral?
(a) If he will move in with his father.
(b) If he will quit school.
(c) If she should adopt him.
(d) If Ellen left an inheritance.

4. What does Livid tell Faith after Richard reads to them?
(a) She should read to Richard more often.
(b) Richard is a genius.
(c) He wants custody of Richard.
(d) Richard cannot read well.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is helping the narrator find a job in "The Floating Truth"?

2. What is Volodya Vlashkin's occupation in "Goodbye and Good Luck"?

3. What did Michael always call Anna in "Debts"?

4. Why does Dolly sit on the stoop twice a week in "Distance"?

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

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