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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 does the man do after spending a few days in the hospital after being shot?
(a) He moves to a new neighborhood.
(b) He sues the man who shot him.
(c) He asks the woman to marry him.
(d) He shoots the man who shot him.

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

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

4. In Politics, why do the mothers want a fence put up around the playground?
(a) To keep pedophiles away.
(b) To keep drug dealers away.
(c) To keep drunkards from harassing them.
(d) To keep people from photographing the children.

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

6. 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 goes for a walk.
(c) She reads the Bible.
(d) She smokes a cigarette.

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

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

9. 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.

10. What does the narrator's grandmother complain of in "In This Country"?
(a) Having ungrateful children.
(b) Not being able to work.
(c) Not having enough money.
(d) Not being able to sleep.

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

12. 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 friend.
(b) Treating him like her protector.
(c) Treating him like an authority figure.
(d) Treating him like a child.

13. What do the men Faith listens to at the deli discuss in "Listening"?
(a) Leaving their wives.
(b) Committing murder.
(c) What they will order for lunch.
(d) Committing suicide.

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

15. Why does the grandmother worry about Sonia?
(a) She has no life.
(b) Her husband left her.
(c) She has too many children.
(d) She has no money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Faith and the woman say they did not really know how to do at the end of "The Expensive Moment"?

2. Why did Selena sleep for the first time in two years when she found out Abby died?

3. What does Dennis say he does "to keep on top of the world of illusion" (209)?

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

5. What does one neighbor tell the stranger about the young girls in "In the Garden"?

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