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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “A Man Told Me the Story of His Life” - “Listening” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men Faith listens to at the deli discuss in "Listening"?
(a) Leaving their wives.
(b) What they will order for lunch.
(c) Committing murder.
(d) Committing suicide.

2. What does Rose tell Lillie to tell her mother at the end of "Goodbye and Good Luck"?
(a) She is getting married.
(b) She is dying.
(c) She is unable to join them for dinner.
(d) She never wants to speak to her again.

3. What does Faith tell her father must happen before she can visit him again at the end of "Faith in the Afternoon"?
(a) Her husband must return.
(b) They must keep Mrs. Hegel-Stein away from her.
(c) They must move to a better place.
(d) She must get a little happy.

4. What happens to the woman after her uterine transplant in "At That Time, or the History of a Joke"?
(a) She receives a hefty financial settlement from the hospital.
(b) She dies.
(c) She develops tumors in her uterus.
(d) She becomes pregnant.

5. With whom does Faith leave her sons when she decides to run in the old neighborhood?
(a) Mrs. Raferty.
(b) Mrs. Luddy.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Ricardo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives in The Children of Judea in "Faith in the Afternoon"?

2. What reason did Josephine's mother give for her father's departure?

3. What reminds the narrator of her mother standing in the doorway at the start of "Mother"?

4. In "The Burdened Man," what does the man do after spending a few days in the hospital after being shot?

5. Why does Faith try to urge Tonto to play outside with Richard and Lester in "A Subject of Childhood"?

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