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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Lavinia: An old Story” - “Ruthy and Edie”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man worry about in "The Burdened Man" ?
(a) Death.
(b) His children.
(c) Money.
(d) His wife.

2. What does the welfare office tell Virginia when she first calls after New Year's in "An Interest in Life"?
(a) Her marriage was never legalized.
(b) There is no record of her husband.
(c) Her husband is not enlisted in the army.
(d) Her husband is deceased.

3. What does Faith's father tell her that he and her ex, Ricardo, have been discussing?
(a) Her father moving in with Ricardo.
(b) Ricardo taking custody of the boys.
(c) Trying to get Faith to take Ricardo back.
(d) Putting together a compilation of his poetry.

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

5. What does the older woman suggest the unwed mothers at the playground do in "Northeast Playground"?
(a) She suggests they apply for welfare.
(b) She suggests they find rich guys to marry.
(c) She suggests they never marry.
(d) She suggests they mingle with the married mothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why Is Charles C. Charley at Cindy's house at the start of "An Irrevocable Diameter"?

2. What does Lavinia's mother tell Robert Lavinia should become?

3. What happens to the woman after her uterine transplant in "At That Time, or the History of a Joke"?

4. What did Michael always call Anna in "Debts"?

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

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