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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do Dennis and Alexandra meet in "Enormous Changes at the Last Minute"?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The nursing home.
(c) A cab.
(d) A night club.

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

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

5. What was Lavinia born doing, according to "Lavinia: An Old Story"?
(a) Crying.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Eating.
(d) Talking.

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

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

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

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

10. Who is Cissy in "Zagrowsky Tells"?
(a) Faith's sister.
(b) Mr. Zagrowsky's daughter.
(c) Faith's friend.
(d) Mr. Zagrowsky's wife.

11. What do the man and woman in "The Burdened Man" do each week after they forgive each other?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Have sex.
(c) Go out for cocktails.
(d) Meet for coffee.

12. What does Faith's father tell her that he and her ex, Ricardo, have been discussing?
(a) Putting together a compilation of his poetry.
(b) Ricardo taking custody of the boys.
(c) Trying to get Faith to take Ricardo back.
(d) Her father moving in with Ricardo.

13. Who does Sonia tell the narrator she should read if she really wants to know if she had a life?
(a) Chekov.
(b) Dostoevsky.
(c) Vonnegut.
(d) Turgenev.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's grandmother complain of in "In This Country"?

2. How long has it been since Ruth has seen her daughter in "The Expensive Moment"?

3. What event trigged Cissy being sent to a psychiatric home?

4. Who is the speaker in "The Little Girl"?

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

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