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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “A Man Told Me the Story of His Life” - “Listening” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men Faith listens to at the deli discuss in "Listening"?
(a) What they will order for lunch.
(b) Committing suicide.
(c) Committing murder.
(d) Leaving their wives.

2. Who is the narrator of "A Woman, Young and Old"?
(a) Lizzy.
(b) Browny.
(c) Josephine.
(d) Joanna.

3. In "The Burdened Man," what does the man do after spending a few days in the hospital after being shot?
(a) He asks the woman to marry him.
(b) He shoots the man who shot him.
(c) He moves to a new neighborhood.
(d) He sues the man who shot him.

4. What is Lavinia busy with when her mother visits at the end of "Lavinia: An Old Story"?
(a) Her two children.
(b) Grading papers.
(c) Juggling two jobs.
(d) Her garden.

5. What does Faith learn about her parents while talking with her father in "Dreamer in a Dead Language"?
(a) They were never legally married.
(b) They were second cousins.
(c) They only married because she was pregnant.
(d) They were getting divorced.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Josephine's grandmother say it was good that her sons had all gone away?

2. Where are the friends Anthony visits in "Long-Distance Runner"?

3. Who tells Faith to "cut the baby talk" (257) when she returns home in "Long Distance Runner"?

4. Who is the father of Cissy's child?

5. What does Jerry think Kitty could do if she went into business herself in "Come on, Ye Sons of Art"?

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