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

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

3. Where are the friends Anthony visits in "Long-Distance Runner"?
(a) A commune.
(b) College.
(c) State hospitals.
(d) California.

4. What does Lavinia's mother ask Robert at the start of "Lavinia: An Old Story"?
(a) What type of worker he is.
(b) How many children he wants.
(c) How much money he makes.
(d) If he has ever cheated on someone.

5. What does the narrator's grandmother complain of in "In This Country"?
(a) Not being able to sleep.
(b) Not having enough money.
(c) Having ungrateful children.
(d) Not being able to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Faith leave her sons when she decides to run in the old neighborhood?

2. Why does Mrs. Luddy keep Donald inside the apartment?

3. In "Anxiety," why does the narrator yell at a young father as he walks his child home from school?

4. Why are Faith and her friends visiting Selena in "Friends"?

5. Who is the father of Cissy's child?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the story the narrator writes for her father when he asks for a simple story in "A Conversation with My Father."

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

5. How did Cissy become pregnant with Emmanuel? Why does her father care for him?

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

7. What does Faith do at the end of the story after she and her father argue? Describe the mood.

8. What happened to the young girls in "In the Garden"? What does someone tell the stranger they think happened?

9. Describe Dennis in "Enormous Changes at the Last Minute." How does he react when he learns Alexandra is pregnant?

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

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