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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 does Ricardo tell Faith in the letter he writes her in "Faith in a Tree"?
(a) He wants her to take him back.
(b) He wants custody of their sons.
(c) He is not well and needs money.
(d) He is having a child.

2. What do Faith and the woman say they did not really know how to do at the end of "The Expensive Moment"?
(a) Save money.
(b) Please their husbands.
(c) Raise their children.
(d) Listen.

3. Why does Virginia write down her list of troubles near the end of "An Interest in Life"?
(a) To try to get on the show Strike it Rich.
(b) To try to relieve her pain.
(c) To tell Mrs. Raftery.
(d) So she can show them to John.

4. Why does Virginia refuse to make love to John the first time he tries in "An Interest in Life"?
(a) She worries he is so devout he will regret it.
(b) She is not attracted to John.
(c) She will not make love to a married man.
(d) She worries her husband will come home.

5. What does Mr. Graham help Charles do at the end of "An Irrevocable Diameter"?
(a) Get a home loan.
(b) Buy a new car.
(c) Go back to school.
(d) Start a business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jerry say when Kitty asks what she would do without him in "Come on, Ye Sons of Art"?

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

3. At the end of "Wants," what is a sign to the narrator that change is possible?

4. What does the older woman suggest the unwed mothers at the playground do in "Northeast Playground"?

5. What was Lavinia born doing, according to "Lavinia: An Old Story"?

(see the answer key)

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