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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator do at the end of "The Story Hearer" after Jack goes back to sleep?
(a) She goes for a walk.
(b) She smokes a cigarette.
(c) She reads the Bible.
(d) She wakes her sons.

2. What did Vicente's school suggest he should be in "A Man Told Me the Story of His Life"?
(a) A philosopher.
(b) A teacher.
(c) An engineer.
(d) A doctor.

3. Who is Cissy in "Zagrowsky Tells"?
(a) Faith's sister.
(b) Mr. Zagrowsky's daughter.
(c) Mr. Zagrowsky's wife.
(d) Faith's friend.

4. Who does Faith's husband tell her she reminds him of at the end of "Love"?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Louise.
(c) Ginny.
(d) Dotty Wasserman.

5. What did the mother ask of her daughter when she came home at 3 a.m. in "Mother"?
(a) Who she has been sleeping with.
(b) How much she had to drink.
(c) What time she will come home when she is 20.
(d) How she will wake up for school the next day.

6. What did the child do to upset her father in "Anxiety"?
(a) Ran across the street without holding his hand.
(b) Cried when he would not buy her candy.
(c) Said "oink, oink" over and over.
(d) Slapped him in the face.

7. Where do the American tourists visit in "Somewhere Else"?
(a) Russia.
(b) Poland.
(c) France.
(d) China.

8. Where do Dennis and Alexandra meet in "Enormous Changes at the Last Minute"?
(a) The nursing home.
(b) A night club.
(c) A cab.
(d) The hospital.

9. Who lives in Faith's old apartment in "Long Distance Runner"?
(a) Mrs. Rafterty.
(b) Ricardo.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Mrs. Luddy.

10. What are Samuel and his friends doing at the start of "Samuel"?
(a) Playing poker on the platform between subway cars.
(b) Jumping on the platform between subway cars.
(c) Jumping subway turnstiles.
(d) Begging for money on the subway.

11. Why does the grandmother worry about Sonia?
(a) She has no money.
(b) She has too many children.
(c) She has no life.
(d) Her husband left her.

12. What was Lavinia born doing, according to "Lavinia: An Old Story"?
(a) Talking.
(b) Crying.
(c) Eating.
(d) Laughing.

13. What do Faith and the woman say they did not really know how to do at the end of "The Expensive Moment"?
(a) Raise their children.
(b) Listen.
(c) Save money.
(d) Please their husbands.

14. What kind of story does the woman's father ask her to write in "Conversations with my Father"?
(a) A simple story.
(b) A silly story.
(c) A mystery.
(d) A romance.

15. Who does Faith find has returned to her house when she comes back from Mrs. Luddy's?
(a) Ricardo.
(b) Richard.
(c) Jack.
(d) Anthony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Wong scold some of the American tourists for in "Somewhere Else"?

2. In "The Burdened Man," why does the neighbor want $5.98 from the man?

3. What does Faith learn about her parents while talking with her father in "Dreamer in a Dead Language"?

4. Why did Faith and Margaret's friendship end in "Love"?

5. Why are Faith and her friends visiting Selena in "Friends"?

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