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

2. In the story written in "Conversations with my Father," what happens to the mother?
(a) She becomes a junkie.
(b) She gets divorced.
(c) She finds a high paying jobs and moves to a nice house.
(d) She dies.

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

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

5. What did the child do to upset her father in "Anxiety"?
(a) Ran across the street without holding his hand.
(b) Slapped him in the face.
(c) Cried when he would not buy her candy.
(d) Said "oink, oink" over and over.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Samuel and his friends doing at the start of "Samuel"?

2. Who is the narrator of "An Irrevocable Diameter"?

3. What did Vicente want to be when he was young as told in "A Man Told Me the Story of His Life" (335)?

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

5. Where did Aunt Rose tell Lillie she worked in "Goodbye and Good Luck"?

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