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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Philip's ex-wife in "Dreamer in a Dead Language"?
(a) Dolly Raftery.
(b) Dotty Wasserman.
(c) Anita Franklin.
(d) Cynthia Darwin.

2. What does one neighbor tell the stranger about the young girls in "In the Garden"?
(a) They are better off without their mother.
(b) The girls are a figment of the woman's imagination.
(c) Their father was involved in the kidnapping.
(d) She thinks he kidnapped the girls.

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

4. How does Charlie think Juniper died in "The Little Girl"?
(a) Carter killed her.
(b) Angie killed her.
(c) Hector killed her.
(d) Suicide.

5. 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 much she had to drink.
(c) How she will wake up for school the next day.
(d) What time she will come home when she is 20.

6. What does the narrator's grandmother complain of in "In This Country"?
(a) Not being able to sleep.
(b) Not having enough money.
(c) Having ungrateful children.
(d) Not being able to work.

7. What does Nick suggest Faith knows nothing about in "The Expensive Moment"?
(a) Politics.
(b) Finance.
(c) Love.
(d) Literature.

8. Where are the friends Anthony visits in "Long-Distance Runner"?
(a) A commune.
(b) California.
(c) College.
(d) State hospitals.

9. 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 never legally married.
(c) They only married because she was pregnant.
(d) They were second cousins.

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

11. How long has it been since Ruth has seen her daughter in "The Expensive Moment"?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 12 years.

12. What does Faith do in "The Expensive Moment," which she does not tell Jack?
(a) Takes a college class.
(b) Hangs out with Ruth.
(c) Writes for a newspaper.
(d) Visits Nick.

13. Why does Carter want to use Charlie's apartment in "The Little Girl"?
(a) To use the shower.
(b) To hide from the cops.
(c) To have sex with a girl.
(d) To take a nap.

14. What does Lavinia's mother tell Robert Lavinia should become?
(a) A well taken care of housewife.
(b) A lady preacher or a nurse.
(c) A writer or a painter.
(d) A teacher or a singer.

15. What does Lavinia's mother ask Robert at the start of "Lavinia: An Old Story"?
(a) How many children he wants.
(b) How much money he makes.
(c) What type of worker he is.
(d) If he has ever cheated on someone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dennis say he does "to keep on top of the world of illusion" (209)?

2. Why is Cassie upset with Faith at then end of "Listening"?

3. Why are Faith and her friends visiting Selena in "Friends"?

4. In what ways does the older woman think the young mothers are different from young mothers in her day in "Northeast Playground"?

5. Who lives in Faith's old apartment in "Long Distance Runner"?

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