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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “The Immigrant Story” - “Somewhere Else”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event prompted Dolly to plunge a life "at least an eight of an inch in the fat of [her] heart" (140)?
(a) She found out John was cheating on his wife.
(b) John said he never wanted to speak to her again.
(c) John said he was going to marry Ginny.
(d) John said he was moving to California.

2. How does Charlie think Juniper died in "The Little Girl"?
(a) Hector killed her.
(b) Angie killed her.
(c) Carter killed her.
(d) Suicide.

3. Who is the speaker in "Distance"?
(a) Ginny.
(b) John.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Dolly.

4. Where are the friends Anthony visits in "Long-Distance Runner"?
(a) State hospitals.
(b) A commune.
(c) College.
(d) California.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faith's father begin doing while in the Children of Judea home in "Dreamer in a Dead Language"?

2. Who was sent to the Hospital for the Insane on Welfare Island in "Debts"?

3. What does Jerry say when Kitty asks what she would do without him in "Come on, Ye Sons of Art"?

4. In what way does Mr. Clop want Eddie to help his son Carl in "In Time Which Made A Monkey of Us All"?

5. Who does Faith's husband tell her she reminds him of at the end of "Love"?

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