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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. How old is Josie in "Woman, Young and Old"?
(a) 8.
(b) 23.
(c) 13.
(d) 18.

2. Why does Dotty opt to go on the trip alone in "The Contest"?
(a) Freddy will not marry her.
(b) She thought Freddy should stay home and work.
(c) Freddy did not help her win.
(d) She did not think Freddy would have a good time.

3. In "The Loudest Voice," why is Shirley's mother hesitant to let her act in the school Christmas play?
(a) They are Jewish.
(b) She does not want to have to go to the play.
(c) She cannot afford the costumes for the play.
(d) She thinks Shirley will embarrass herself.

4. Where did Aunt Rose tell Lillie she worked in "Goodbye and Good Luck"?
(a) The Yiddish School of Arts
(b) The Russian Ballet of Manhattan.
(c) The Jewish Theater in New Jersey
(d) The Russian Art Theater of Second Avenue.

5. Why does Josephine's grandmother say it was good that her sons had all gone away?
(a) They cost her a fortune.
(b) They went on to do great things.
(c) They were all very grouchy.
(d) They found beautiful wives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Anna do every day in "Debts"?

2. What does the narrator's ex say was the reason their marriage ended in "Wants"?

3. According to the start of "Faith in the Afternoon," why did Faith's husband Ricardo leave her?

4. Why does Anna want Peter to watch Judy in "The Pale Pink Roast"?

5. What did Ellen call Faith to tell her in "Living"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe John and Virginia's relationship after her husband leaves in "An Interest in Life."

2. Describe the setting in "The Used Boy Raisers." Where does the story take place? Who is there? What is the relationship between characters?

3. Why were Josie and Browny unable to marry? How often did they stay in touch after?

4. In "An Irrevocable Diameter," what deal does Charles make with Cindy's family in exchange for withdrawing charges? What is their life like after?

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

6. What becomes of Eddie and Carl at the end of "Time Which Made a Monkey of Us All"?

7. In "Faith in a Tree," why was Faith put on a commercial airline as a baby? What does she think of this?

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

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

10. In "Faith in a Tree," what does Richard do after the protesters leave the park?

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