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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 did Browny do in his bedroom just before Josie told him she loved him?
(a) He drank a beer and burped in her face.
(b) He told her he would never see her again.
(c) He told her he was in love with her mother.
(d) He kissed her and told her she was beautiful.

2. At the end of "Wants," what is a sign to the narrator that change is possible?
(a) Her husband was kind to her.
(b) Her ex is getting a sailboat.
(c) She joined a protest.
(d) She returned her library books.

3. Who lives in The Children of Judea in "Faith in the Afternoon"?
(a) Faith.
(b) Faith's husband.
(c) Faith's parents.
(d) Faith's children.

4. What are the parents in the park protesting in "Faith in a Tree"?
(a) School prayer.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) School Integration.
(d) The Korean War.

5. Why did Virginia's husband begin sleeping on the floor?
(a) He said it was cooler on the floor.
(b) The kids always slept in bed with Virginia.
(c) He snored so loudly it kept her awake.
(d) He said she was so fat there was no room for him in their bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Volodya Vlashkin's occupation in "Goodbye and Good Luck"?

2. What is the prize for "Jews in the News"?

3. What did Ellen's doctor tell her, though she swears it is untrue?

4. What does Freddy tell Dotty in his postcard after she goes overseas?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. What does Clifford say to Faith in "A Subject of Childhood" which angers her? How does she react?

5. What is Anna's story in "Debts"?

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

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

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

9. Why is Peter upset with Anna at the end of "The Pale Pink"? What does she say, which lifts his spirits?

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

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