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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. How old is Faith when she takes up running in "The Long-Distance Runner"?
(a) 18.
(b) 56.
(c) 42.
(d) 26.

2. Why does Faith try to urge Tonto to play outside with Richard and Lester in "A Subject of Childhood"?
(a) She is afraid Richard and Lester will play in the house if Tonto does not go outside.
(b) She wants a few minutes to herself.
(c) Lester is Tonto's best friend.
(d) Tonto does not socialize much and she thinks it would be good for him.

3. What does Jerry say when Kitty asks what she would do without him in "Come on, Ye Sons of Art"?
(a) She would die.
(b) She would be lost.
(c) She would probably be happy.
(d) She would not be pregnant.

4. Who tells Faith to "cut the baby talk" (257) when she returns home in "Long Distance Runner"?
(a) Mrs. Luddy.
(b) Jack.
(c) Richard.
(d) Anthony.

5. What does Ruthy like doing with the neighborhood boys?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Kissing them.
(c) Playing war and running races.
(d) Studying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lavinia's mother ask Robert at the start of "Lavinia: An Old Story"?

2. What does Faith's father tell her that he and her ex, Ricardo, have been discussing?

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

4. Who gives Virginia $10 after he husband left, but tells her not to contact the authorities?

5. What event at work upsets the narrator in "The Floating Truth"?

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