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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event at work upsets the narrator in "The Floating Truth"?
(a) A new, young woman is hired.
(b) The narrator is being asked to do too much work.
(c) The narrator is fired.
(d) The narrator's boss harrasses her.

2. What story does Eddie tell his friends about his father's monkey Itzik?
(a) Itzik showed up on their porch one day.
(b) Itzik is his brother.
(c) His father had nursed Itzik back to health after finding him wandering the streets one day.
(d) His father stole Itzik from a zoo.

3. Who is the speaker in "Distance"?
(a) Ginny.
(b) Dolly.
(c) John.
(d) Margaret.

4. What is the prize for "Jews in the News"?
(a) $5,000 and a trip to Israel.
(b) $500 and an article about the winner.
(c) $300 and a lifetime magazine subscription.
(d) $1,500.

5. Why were Josie and Browny unable to marry?
(a) She was not old enough.
(b) He had syphilis.
(c) Her mother would no allow it.
(d) He was already married.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Livid give Pallid permission to think of his sons as his in a letter?

2. What gift does Virginia's husband give to her at the start of "An Interest in Life"?

3. What happened to the boys in the family described in "Gloomy Tune"?

4. In "A Subject of Childhood," where does Faith feel like "a star" (91)?

5. Who is the narrator of "The Used-Boy Raisers"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dotty manage the contest prize money and trip?

2. Why does Josie tell Liz she should be the one making Browny breakfast? How does Liz react to this?

3. What happened to Ellen in "Living"? What does Faith recall of her at the end of the story?

4. Describe Fred and Dotty's relationshp? Why does she leave him? What money-making idea does she approach him with?

5. What is the only thing the narrator says she ever wanted in "Wants"? What does she do in the story that she feels is a sign change is possible?

6. Describe Charles C. Charly's behavior in the courtroom in "An Irrevocable Diameter." How does Cindy react when he is questioned?

7. Who is Josie in "A Woman, Young and Old"? How old is she? How does she behave around Browny?

8. Describe the differences between Eddie and Carl at the start of "In Time Which Made A Monkey of Us All."

9. What did Rose tell Vlashkin about his book, The Jewish Actor Abroad? How did he react?

10. Describe John and his mother Dolly's relationship in "Distance." What details show you what their relationship is like?

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