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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 event at work upsets the narrator in "The Floating Truth"?
(a) The narrator is being asked to do too much work.
(b) The narrator is fired.
(c) A new, young woman is hired.
(d) The narrator's boss harrasses her.

2. Where did Aunt Rose tell Lillie she worked in "Goodbye and Good Luck"?
(a) The Russian Ballet of Manhattan.
(b) The Jewish Theater in New Jersey
(c) The Russian Art Theater of Second Avenue.
(d) The Yiddish School of Arts

3. Which character came to cook Browny breakfast in the morning after he stayed at Josie's?
(a) Joanna.
(b) Liz.
(c) Josie's grandmother.
(d) Josie's mother.

4. What did Anna do every day in "Debts"?
(a) Bring Michael a hot meal.
(b) Write.
(c) Clean her mother's house.
(d) Work.

5. Who tells Virginia she was a "wild, nice kid" in "An Interest in Life"?
(a) John.
(b) Girard.
(c) Leona.
(d) Mrs. Raftery

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Anna not cry when Michael died?

2. What is Volodya Vlashkin's occupation in "Goodbye and Good Luck"?

3. Who is the narrator of "A Woman, Young and Old"?

4. Why does Livid give Pallid permission to think of his sons as his in a letter?

5. What story does Eddie tell his friends about his father's monkey Itzik?

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