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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Anna not cry when Michael died?
(a) She never liked him.
(b) Nobody told her he died.
(c) She killed him.
(d) She was in shock.

2. According to the start of "Faith in the Afternoon," why did Faith's husband Ricardo leave her?
(a) He wanted to leave New York, but she did not.
(b) She had been cheating on him.
(c) He found another woman.
(d) He fell in love with a man.

3. What does the narrator's ex say was the reason their marriage ended in "Wants"?
(a) They never invited the Bertrams for dinner.
(b) They never went on vacation.
(c) They never spent time with his parents.
(d) She cheated on him.

4. Which character in "A Woman, Young and Old" worked at the Paris Coffee House on Saturday?
(a) Josie.
(b) Joanna.
(c) Lizzy.
(d) Josie's mother.

5. Why does Dolly sit on the stoop twice a week in "Distance"?
(a) To talk with her neighbors.
(b) To get fresh air.
(c) To hang out with Ginny.
(d) To see John.

6. Who recites Faith a poem at the end of "Faith in the Afternoon"?
(a) Faith's father.
(b) Mrs. Hegel-Stein.
(c) Faith's mother.
(d) Ricardo.

7. In "A Subject of Childhood," where does Faith feel like "a star" (91)?
(a) At work.
(b) At the laundromat.
(c) In her apartment building.
(d) In the kitchen.

8. What does Freddy tell Dotty in his postcard after she goes overseas?
(a) She was basically a prostitute.
(b) They can get married as soon as she returns.
(c) He regrets having met her.
(d) He wished he had married her.

9. Why does Anna want Peter to watch Judy in "The Pale Pink Roast"?
(a) She has to work.
(b) She just moved and has a lot of unpacking to do.
(c) She says he never sees his own daughter.
(d) She has a date.

10. What did Ellen call Faith to tell her in "Living"?
(a) She slept with Faith's husband.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is dying.
(d) She is moving.

11. Which character came to cook Browny breakfast in the morning after he stayed at Josie's?
(a) Liz.
(b) Joanna.
(c) Josie's mother.
(d) Josie's grandmother.

12. Who is the narrator of "The Used-Boy Raisers"?
(a) Pallid.
(b) Faith.
(c) Richard.
(d) Livid.

13. Why were Josie and Browny unable to marry?
(a) He was already married.
(b) She was not old enough.
(c) He had syphilis.
(d) Her mother would no allow it.

14. Why does Livid give Pallid permission to think of his sons as his in a letter?
(a) Because he has never met the children.
(b) Because he does not think the children are his.
(c) Because he lives very far away.
(d) Because he is dying.

15. What did Ellen's doctor tell her, though she swears it is untrue?
(a) He has never seen someone bleed this much without dying.
(b) He has never seen someone recover so quickly.
(c) He has never seen someone with so little will to live.
(d) He has never seen someone so afraid of dying.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Anna do every day in "Debts"?

3. Who was sent to the Hospital for the Insane on Welfare Island in "Debts"?

4. What side job did Rose do in order to pay her rent?

5. What event caused Rose to break up with Vlashkin?

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