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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 does the narrator's ex say was the reason their marriage ended in "Wants"?
(a) They never invited the Bertrams for dinner.
(b) She cheated on him.
(c) They never went on vacation.
(d) They never spent time with his parents.

2. Which character tested the War Attenuator out on the pet shop, killing all of the animals?
(a) Carl.
(b) Mr. Clop.
(c) Shmul.
(d) Eddie.

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

4. What does Mr. Graham help Charles do at the end of "An Irrevocable Diameter"?
(a) Start a business.
(b) Get a home loan.
(c) Go back to school.
(d) Buy a new car.

5. What was Rose's motivation for getting her first apartment?
(a) Her parents kicked her out of the house.
(b) She wanted to spend more time with Vlashkin.
(c) Her mother was abusive.
(d) She was embarrassed of her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes home proud that she saved the family $4.65 on dinner in "A Woman, Young and Old"?

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

3. What is John's relationship to Ginny?

4. Who is the speaker in "Distance"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. in "An Irrevocable Diameter," how do Cindy's parents react when she comes home after a night out with Charles C. Charly?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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