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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lives in The Children of Judea in "Faith in the Afternoon"?
(a) Faith's children.
(b) Faith's husband.
(c) Faith's parents.
(d) Faith.

2. What did Ellen's doctor tell her, though she swears it is untrue?
(a) He has never seen someone recover so quickly.
(b) He has never seen someone with so little will to live.
(c) He has never seen someone so afraid of dying.
(d) He has never seen someone bleed this much without dying.

3. What are the parents in the park protesting in "Faith in a Tree"?
(a) School prayer.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) School Integration.

4. What happened to the boys in the family described in "Gloomy Tune"?
(a) They all went to college to study philosophy.
(b) They were all honors students.
(c) They all got kicked out of private school.
(d) They all joined the school chorus.

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

6. In "A Subject of Childhood," where does Faith feel like "a star" (91)?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) At work.
(c) At the laundromat.
(d) In her apartment building.

7. What does Freddy receive in the mail from Dotty at the end of "The Contest"?
(a) $100 and slides of her trip.
(b) $5000.
(c) $600 and an apology letter.
(d) Photos of Dotty and her new boyfriend.

8. Why does Peter ask Louie to watch his daughter Judy?
(a) Judy did not want to be with Peter.
(b) So he can see Anna's new place.
(c) He does not want to spend time with her.
(d) He has to work.

9. Why does Dolly sit on the stoop twice a week in "Distance"?
(a) To see John.
(b) To get fresh air.
(c) To hang out with Ginny.
(d) To talk with her neighbors.

10. Why does Virginia write down her list of troubles near the end of "An Interest in Life"?
(a) So she can show them to John.
(b) To tell Mrs. Raftery.
(c) To try to get on the show Strike it Rich.
(d) To try to relieve her pain.

11. What does Livid tell Faith after Richard reads to them?
(a) She should read to Richard more often.
(b) Richard cannot read well.
(c) He wants custody of Richard.
(d) Richard is a genius.

12. What story does Eddie tell his friends about his father's monkey Itzik?
(a) Itzik is his brother.
(b) Itzik showed up on their porch one day.
(c) His father had nursed Itzik back to health after finding him wandering the streets one day.
(d) His father stole Itzik from a zoo.

13. What did Browny do in his bedroom just before Josie told him she loved him?
(a) He kissed her and told her she was beautiful.
(b) He told her he was in love with her mother.
(c) He drank a beer and burped in her face.
(d) He told her he would never see her again.

14. What does Faith ask Ellen's son Billy at her funeral?
(a) If he will quit school.
(b) If he will move in with his father.
(c) If Ellen left an inheritance.
(d) If she should adopt him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the occupation of the narrator in "Debts"?

3. What does Freddy tell Dotty in his postcard after she goes overseas?

4. What is happening in "A Subject of Childhood" when Faith's "heart lit up in stripes" (96)?

5. What does Mrs. Junius Finn say about Richard to Faith in "Faith in a Tree"?

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