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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Home by Jayne Anne Phillips.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker in Girl teach about spitting up in the air?
(a) How to do it, and how to catch it.
(b) Why not to do it.
(c) Why good girls do not do it.
(d) How to do it, and how to get out of the way.

2. In A Romantic Weekend, what does the woman want to talk about after dinner?
(a) Her first marriage.
(b) Sado-masochism.
(c) Her family.
(d) Her favorite books.

3. Where do the couple stay for the weekend in A Romantic Weekend?
(a) In a Marriott Hotel.
(b) At a friend of hers.
(c) At a B and B.
(d) In his grandmother's deserted apartment.

4. What instructions does the speaker give in The Girl about eating?
(a) Eat so that no one around you is disgusted.
(b) Eat so that you get the most food.
(c) Eat alone so as to have some quiet time.
(d) Eat quickly so as to resume your duties.

5. In the story Girl, on what day does the speaker tell the girl to wash clothes?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Saturday.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Home, why does Daniel not want the narrator to see his back?

2. What does the couple decide to do after their first night together on their romantic weekend?

3. What person do both the narrator and her mother of Home think about simultaneously?

4. Where does the narrator of the story Home go on Saturdays?

5. In Home, what record does the narrator buy for her mother to enjoy?

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