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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Burdened Man," what is the woman's husband's occupation?
(a) Truck Driver.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Cop.
(d) Bartender.

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

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

4. Who is the father of Cissy's child?
(a) Faith's ex-husband.
(b) Cissy's step-brother.
(c) Cissy's psychiatrist.
(d) A gardener.

5. What does the older woman in "Northeast Playground" say separated mothers on the playground when she was younger?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Politics.
(c) Parenting styles.
(d) Marital status.

6. Where do the American tourists visit in "Somewhere Else"?
(a) China.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) Poland.

7. What did Vicente's school suggest he should be in "A Man Told Me the Story of His Life"?
(a) An engineer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A philosopher.
(d) A teacher.

8. What does Ruthy like doing with the neighborhood boys?
(a) Playing war and running races.
(b) Kissing them.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Studying.

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

10. What is Lavinia busy with when her mother visits at the end of "Lavinia: An Old Story"?
(a) Her two children.
(b) Juggling two jobs.
(c) Grading papers.
(d) Her garden.

11. What story does Jack tell the narrator for the 30th time in "The Story Hearer"?
(a) How his grandfather was murdered when he was young.
(b) How his mother left when he was young.
(c) How his father left when he was young.
(d) How his father died when he was young.

12. What does the narrator think the butcher really meant when he called her "young lady"(340) in "The Story Hearer"?
(a) Weak woman.
(b) Pathetic hag.
(c) Dumb broad.
(d) Sexy thing.

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

14. Why did Faith and Margaret's friendship end in "Love"?
(a) Margaret slept with Faith's husband.
(b) Margaret did not like Faith's children.
(c) Margaret moved far away.
(d) Political Differences separated them.

15. What does the narrator do at the end of "The Story Hearer" after Jack goes back to sleep?
(a) She smokes a cigarette.
(b) She goes for a walk.
(c) She wakes her sons.
(d) She reads the Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lavinia's mother tell Robert Lavinia should become?

2. What did the child do to upset her father in "Anxiety"?

3. What was Lavinia born doing, according to "Lavinia: An Old Story"?

4. What do the men Faith listens to at the deli discuss in "Listening"?

5. Where are the friends Anthony visits in "Long-Distance Runner"?

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