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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 Vicente want to be when he was young as told in "A Man Told Me the Story of His Life" (335)?
(a) A philosopher.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A teacher.
(d) An engineer.

2. Who is Emmanuel in "Zagrowsky Tells"?
(a) Faith's son.
(b) Cissy's cousin.
(c) Mr. Zagrowsky's grandson.
(d) Faith's boyfriend.

3. Why is Cassie upset with Faith at then end of "Listening"?
(a) She never wrote about her.
(b) She slept with her husband.
(c) She did not go to her wedding.
(d) She would not loan her money.

4. What does Faith learn about her parents while talking with her father in "Dreamer in a Dead Language"?
(a) They were never legally married.
(b) They were second cousins.
(c) They were getting divorced.
(d) They only married because she was pregnant.

5. Where does Jack say he found his father sleeping once in "The Immigrant Story"?
(a) A crib.
(b) The back porch.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The couch.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Burdened Man," what does the man do after spending a few days in the hospital after being shot?

2. How did Samuel die in "Samuel"?

3. What are Samuel and his friends doing at the start of "Samuel"?

4. In "The Burdened Man," what is the woman's husband's occupation?

5. Where does Dennis live?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Anxiety," why does the father get upset with his daughter says "oink, oink"?

2. Who tells the American tourists they "do not love the Chinese people" (288) in "Somewhere Else"?

3. What happens to Juniper in "Little Girl"?

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

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

6. What are the men discussing at the deli when Faith overhears them in "Listening"?

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

8. What do the men on the subway think of when they see Samuel and his friends jumping on the platform?

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

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

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