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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator tell Jack after he wakes up with a scream in "The Story Hearer"?
(a) She wants to have a baby.
(b) She never loved him.
(c) She wants a divorce.
(d) They need separate bedrooms.

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

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

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

5. What did the narrator's aunt say her grandmother had to do to her 17-year-old son?
(a) Make him work two jobs to support the family.
(b) Force him to go to college.
(c) Pick his dead body up from the street.
(d) Beat him for badmouthing his father.

6. What does Mr. Wong scold some of the American tourists for in "Somewhere Else"?
(a) Not giving big enough tips.
(b) Showing little interest in the country's history.
(c) Taking pictures of people without asking permissions.
(d) Treating the natives like they are beneath them.

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

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

9. What event trigged Cissy being sent to a psychiatric home?
(a) She beat her mother.
(b) She beat Mr. Z.
(c) She ran through the neighborhood naked.
(d) She robbed an old lady who lived next door.

10. Who is Emmanuel in "Zagrowsky Tells"?
(a) Faith's boyfriend.
(b) Cissy's cousin.
(c) Mr. Zagrowsky's grandson.
(d) Faith's son.

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

12. What had happened to the young woman's daughters in "In the Garden"?
(a) They had been kidnapped.
(b) They died.
(c) They were put into foster care.
(d) They ran away.

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

14. What does the older woman suggest the unwed mothers at the playground do in "Northeast Playground"?
(a) She suggests they mingle with the married mothers.
(b) She suggests they never marry.
(c) She suggests they find rich guys to marry.
(d) She suggests they apply for welfare.

15. What did the narrator once bring to school in sixth grade, according to Jack in "The Immigrant Story"?
(a) The Catholic Bible.
(b) The Torah.
(c) Polish flags.
(d) American flags.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cissy in "Zagrowsky Tells"?

2. Where do the American tourists visit in "Somewhere Else"?

3. What are Ruthy, Edie, and their friends celebrating at the end of "Ruthy and Edie"?

4. What does the woman ask Mr. Zagrowsky at the start of "Zagrowsky Tells"?

5. What does Lavinia's mother ask Robert at the start of "Lavinia: An Old Story"?

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