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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Two Short Sad Stories from a Long and Happy Life” - “Debts”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Rose's motivation for getting her first apartment?
(a) Her mother was abusive.
(b) She wanted to spend more time with Vlashkin.
(c) She was embarrassed of her family.
(d) Her parents kicked her out of the house.

2. Who was sent to the Hospital for the Insane on Welfare Island in "Debts"?
(a) Anna.
(b) Lucia.
(c) Michael.
(d) Maria.

3. In what way does Mr. Clop want Eddie to help his son Carl in "In Time Which Made A Monkey of Us All"?
(a) He wants Eddie to help Carl improve his grades.
(b) He wants Eddie to help Carl be more productive.
(c) He wants Eddie to help Carl meet girls.
(d) He wants Eddie to help Carl clean apartments.

4. Why does Josephine's grandmother say it was good that her sons had all gone away?
(a) They went on to do great things.
(b) They found beautiful wives.
(c) They were all very grouchy.
(d) They cost her a fortune.

5. What does Freddy tell Dotty in his postcard after she goes overseas?
(a) They can get married as soon as she returns.
(b) He wished he had married her.
(c) She was basically a prostitute.
(d) He regrets having met her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What money-making opportunity does Dotty present to Freddy?

2. What event sparks Eddie's resignation from the Home for Boys' Zoo?

3. Where is the narrator when she sees her ex-husband at the start of "Wants"?

4. Who is Girard in "An Interest in Life"?

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

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