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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. Why Is Charles C. Charley at Cindy's house at the start of "An Irrevocable Diameter"?
(a) He is there to go out with her sister.
(b) He and Cindy have been set up on a blind date.
(c) She is tutoring him in math.
(d) He is installing an air conditioner.

2. What reason did Josephine's mother give for her father's departure?
(a) He died.
(b) He left because of the children.
(c) He left for another woman.
(d) Her mother and father fell out of love.

3. 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.

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

5. Why is Peter angry at Anna at the end of "The Pale Pink Roast"?
(a) She would not make love to him.
(b) She tried to get money from him.
(c) She said he could not see Judy anymore.
(d) She did not tell him she was married.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Rose's motivation for getting her first apartment?

3. What does Jerry think Kitty could do if she went into business herself in "Come on, Ye Sons of Art"?

4. Which character does Jerry describe as shrewd in "Come on, Ye Sons of Art"?

5. Which character came to cook Browny breakfast in the morning after he stayed at Josie's?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. What does the narrator's husband recall fondly from their marriage in "Wants"? How does the narrator's memory of this differ?

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