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

2. What did the mother ask of her daughter when she came home at 3 a.m. in "Mother"?
(a) Who she has been sleeping with.
(b) How she will wake up for school the next day.
(c) How much she had to drink.
(d) What time she will come home when she is 20.

3. Why is Cassie upset with Faith at then end of "Listening"?
(a) She never wrote about her.
(b) She did not go to her wedding.
(c) She would not loan her money.
(d) She slept with her husband.

4. Which character tested the War Attenuator out on the pet shop, killing all of the animals?
(a) Shmul.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Carl.
(d) Mr. Clop.

5. What did Browny do in his bedroom just before Josie told him she loved him?
(a) He drank a beer and burped in her face.
(b) He told her he would never see her again.
(c) He told her he was in love with her mother.
(d) He kissed her and told her she was beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the woman after her uterine transplant in "At That Time, or the History of a Joke"?

2. Who is the narrator of "The Used-Boy Raisers"?

3. What does the narrator think the butcher really meant when he called her "young lady"(340) in "The Story Hearer"?

4. Which character in "A Woman, Young and Old" worked at the Paris Coffee House on Saturday?

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

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