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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. In "A Subject of Childhood," where does Faith feel like "a star" (91)?
(a) At work.
(b) At the laundromat.
(c) In her apartment building.
(d) In the kitchen.

2. Who tells Faith that she has "done a rotten job" (91) raising her sons in "A Subject of Childhood"?
(a) Richard.
(b) Pallid.
(c) Clifford.
(d) Livid.

3. What event caused Rose to break up with Vlashkin?
(a) She began dating her boss.
(b) She saw Vlashkin with his other mistress.
(c) She met his wife.
(d) Vlashkin hit her.

4. Who comes home proud that she saved the family $4.65 on dinner in "A Woman, Young and Old"?
(a) Josephine's grandmother.
(b) Joanna.
(c) Lizzy.
(d) Josephine's mother.

5. Why does Virginia write down her list of troubles near the end of "An Interest in Life"?
(a) To tell Mrs. Raftery.
(b) So she can show them to John.
(c) To try to get on the show Strike it Rich.
(d) To try to relieve her pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason did Josephine's mother give for her father's departure?

2. What does Livid tell Faith after Richard reads to them?

3. Why does Josephine's grandmother say it was good that her sons had all gone away?

4. What event at work upsets the narrator in "The Floating Truth"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "Faith in the Afternoon," when Faith learns about what has happened to her old friend Tess she says Tess never guessed her life were turn out like that. What happened to Tess? What things happened to Faith and Anita Franklin that they would have never guessed?

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

4. 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?

5. What does Rose tell Lillie to tell her mother at the end of "Goodbye and Good Luck"? Why?

6. How does Eddie help the narrator find a job in "The Floating Truth"? Why does she become upset about work at the end?

7. What do Jerry and Kitty discuss in "Come On, Ye Sons of Art"? What does Jerry tell Kitty when she asks what she would do without him?

8. Why is Shirley's mother uncomfortable about her performing in her school's Christmas play? What theme does Shirley note in the play?

9. Describe the young boys from "Gloomy Tune."

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

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