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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. Who lives in Faith's old apartment in "Long Distance Runner"?
(a) Ricardo.
(b) Cynthia.
(c) Mrs. Rafterty.
(d) Mrs. Luddy.

2. Why does the grandmother worry about Sonia?
(a) She has no money.
(b) She has no life.
(c) Her husband left her.
(d) She has too many children.

3. What happens to the woman after her uterine transplant in "At That Time, or the History of a Joke"?
(a) She receives a hefty financial settlement from the hospital.
(b) She develops tumors in her uterus.
(c) She dies.
(d) She becomes pregnant.

4. What does the narrator do at the end of "The Story Hearer" after Jack goes back to sleep?
(a) She reads the Bible.
(b) She wakes her sons.
(c) She smokes a cigarette.
(d) She goes for a walk.

5. What did Vicente do when he was drafted for the army?
(a) He fled the country.
(b) He got killed.
(c) He became an army surgeon.
(d) He became an army cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruthy like doing with the neighborhood boys?

2. What did the child do to upset her father in "Anxiety"?

3. How did Samuel die in "Samuel"?

4. In Politics, why do the mothers want a fence put up around the playground?

5. Where does Jack say he found his father sleeping once in "The Immigrant Story"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What saved Vicente's wife in "A Man Told Me the Story of His Life"?

2. Why is Lavinia's mother upset at the end of "Lavinia: An Old Story"?

3. What happened to Selena's daughter Abby? What did Tonto say about Abby at the end?

4. Who is Philip In "Dreamer in A Dead Language"? Why does he want to meet Faith's father?

5. What does Jack suspect is the real reason Faith wants a baby in "Listening"?

6. What is Dotty Wasserman's role in the story "Love"?

7. Compare and contrast the mothers at the playground in "Northeast Playground" to the mothers when the older woman was a young mother.

8. Describe Nick and Faith's relationship in "The Expensive Moment."

9. Describe the progression of the man's relationship with his female neighbor in "The Burdened Man."

10. What instances of Mr. Zargrowsky's racism does Faith cite in "Zagrowsky Tells"?

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