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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Faith's father begin doing while in the Children of Judea home in "Dreamer in a Dead Language"?
(a) Writing poetry.
(b) Singing.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Painting.

2. Where does Jack say he found his father sleeping once in "The Immigrant Story"?
(a) The back porch.
(b) The couch.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) A crib.

3. What had Lavinia's mother planned to do for work before she got married?
(a) She wanted to become a doctor.
(b) She wanted to become a nurse.
(c) She wanted to become a teacher.
(d) She wanted to become a seamstress.

4. Why did Selena sleep for the first time in two years when she found out Abby died?
(a) Selena took several sleeping pills in order to sleep.
(b) It was the first time in two years she knew where she was.
(c) She felt relieved that Abby was in heaven.
(d) She felt relieved that Abby would no longer ask her for money.

5. In "The Burdened Man," why does the neighbor want $5.98 from the man?
(a) For beer and cigarettes.
(b) For groceries she bought him.
(c) To replace pants his son ripped.
(d) For a new dress.

6. What does Carter do in Charlie's apartment?
(a) He hides from the cops.
(b) He rapes a young girl.
(c) He takes a shower.
(d) He takes a nap.

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

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

9. What did the mother ask of her daughter when she came home at 3 a.m. in "Mother"?
(a) What time she will come home when she is 20.
(b) Who she has been sleeping with.
(c) How much she had to drink.
(d) How she will wake up for school the next day.

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

11. What toy is George working on in "This is a Story about My Friend George, The Toy Inventor"?
(a) A ski-ball machine.
(b) A pinball machine.
(c) A air hockey table.
(d) A ping pong table.

12. In "Anxiety," why does the narrator yell at a young father as he walks his child home from school?
(a) He was not paying enough attention to the child.
(b) He slammed the child down in anger.
(c) He did not carry the girl's backpack for her.
(d) He did not hold the child's hand crossing the street.

13. 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) Visits Nick.
(d) Writes for a newspaper.

14. What does Dennis say he does "to keep on top of the world of illusion" (209)?
(a) Drives a cab.
(b) Goes to school.
(c) Watches television.
(d) Reads the newspaper.

15. Why did Lavinia's mother pull her kids from school?
(a) Because she wanted to home school them.
(b) So they could work after their father quit his job.
(c) Because she felt they were not treated fairly by their teachers.
(d) So they could work after their father died.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. With whom does Faith leave her sons when she decides to run in the old neighborhood?

4. What is the name of Dennis's band in "Enormous Changes at the Last Minute"?

5. Who does Faith find has returned to her house when she comes back from Mrs. Luddy's?

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