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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what ways does the older woman think the young mothers are different from young mothers in her day in "Northeast Playground"?
(a) They have fewer children.
(b) They are happier.
(c) They are much wealthier.
(d) They are more unified.

3. What is the name of Dennis's band in "Enormous Changes at the Last Minute"?
(a) The Vagabonds.
(b) The Lepers.
(c) The Daddies.
(d) The Hippies.

4. Who lives in Faith's old apartment in "Long Distance Runner"?
(a) Ricardo.
(b) Mrs. Rafterty.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Mrs. Luddy.

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

6. What lie did Selena's family let her believe until she was 42 years old?
(a) Her mother died during childbirth.
(b) Her father had died in a plane crash.
(c) Her brother died in the war.
(d) The man who raised her was her biological father.

7. What does the father tell the old woman he feels his daughter was doing, which was never his "thing" (321)?
(a) Treating him like a child.
(b) Treating him like an authority figure.
(c) Treating him like a friend.
(d) Treating him like her protector.

8. What does the man worry about in "The Burdened Man" ?
(a) His children.
(b) Death.
(c) Money.
(d) His wife.

9. Why does Mrs. Luddy keep Donald inside the apartment?
(a) She worries his father will kidnap him.
(b) She worries he will become a drug addict.
(c) She wants him to take care of the babies.
(d) He is hiding from the police.

10. Why does the narrator question her husband's story about his lover, Dotty Wasserman?
(a) Dotty is a made up character from a book.
(b) She did not realize he and Dotty had ever met.
(c) Dotty has been married for years.
(d) Dotty died when she was young.

11. What did Faith and her friends do to Mr. Zargrowsky years earlier?
(a) Told his wife he cheated on her.
(b) Protest his work saying he was racist.
(c) Robbed his pharmacy.
(d) Accused him of overmedicating.

12. What does Ruthy say she would do if she were a boy?
(a) Join the army.
(b) Become a doctor.
(c) Marry Edie.
(d) Become a police office.r

13. What did Vicente do when he was drafted for the army?
(a) He fled the country.
(b) He became an army surgeon.
(c) He got killed.
(d) He became an army cook.

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

15. What reminds the narrator of her mother standing in the doorway at the start of "Mother"?
(a) The sight of her old house.
(b) A song.
(c) A smell.
(d) A woman who looks like her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faith's father tell her that he and her ex, Ricardo, have been discussing?

2. What does Ruthy like doing with the neighborhood boys?

3. What does the woman call her husband when he pulls a gun on them in "The Burdened Man"?

4. What was Mr. Zagrowsky's occupation before retirement in "Zagrowsky Tells"?

5. Who is the father of Cissy's child?

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