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

2. What does Faith learn about her parents while talking with her father in "Dreamer in a Dead Language"?
(a) They were getting divorced.
(b) They were second cousins.
(c) They were never legally married.
(d) They only married because she was pregnant.

3. What does Faith's father begin doing while in the Children of Judea home in "Dreamer in a Dead Language"?
(a) Painting.
(b) Singing.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Writing poetry.

4. What does Cindy's father tells Charles he can do in order for them to drop the charges?
(a) Marry their daughter.
(b) Stay away from their daughter.
(c) Tell the courtroom they never had sex.
(d) Give him the air conditioner for free.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faith ask Ellen's son Billy at her funeral?

2. What was Rose's motivation for getting her first apartment?

3. Why does Anna want Peter to watch Judy in "The Pale Pink Roast"?

4. Why did Vlashkin call Rose a week before she told Lillie her story?

5. Why does Josephine's grandmother say it was good that her sons had all gone away?

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