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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Dotty get angry and leave Freddy's after spending a couple days at his place in "The Contest"?
(a) He told her she was overweight.
(b) She found out he had other girlfriends.
(c) He said he would never marry her.
(d) She found out he turned down a job.

3. Where does Eddie's father work?
(a) A dress factory.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A pet shop.
(d) A doctor's office.

4. What did Ellen call Faith to tell her in "Living"?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is dying.
(c) She slept with Faith's husband.
(d) She is moving.

5. Which character in "A Woman, Young and Old" worked at the Paris Coffee House on Saturday?
(a) Josie's mother.
(b) Lizzy.
(c) Josie.
(d) Joanna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Browny do in his bedroom just before Josie told him she loved him?

2. Who lives in The Children of Judea in "Faith in the Afternoon"?

3. What does Mr. Graham help Charles do at the end of "An Irrevocable Diameter"?

4. How old is Josie in "Woman, Young and Old"?

5. What did Yoyo become well known for in "Gloomy Tune"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rose tell Lillie to tell her mother at the end of "Goodbye and Good Luck"? Why?

2. In "Faith in a Tree," what does Richard do after the protesters leave the park?

3. What happened to Ellen in "Living"? What does Faith recall of her at the end of the story?

4. How does Dotty manage the contest prize money and trip?

5. In "An Irrevocable Diameter," what deal does Charles make with Cindy's family in exchange for withdrawing charges? What is their life like after?

6. Why were Josie and Browny unable to marry? How often did they stay in touch after?

7. in "An Irrevocable Diameter," how do Cindy's parents react when she comes home after a night out with Charles C. Charly?

8. Where does Virginia's husband say he is going at the start of "An Interest in Life"? What gift does he give her? How does she feel about this gift? What does she tell Mrs. Raftery when she asks where her husband is going?

9. How did Rose meet Volodya Vlashkin? How can you describe their relationship in the beginning?

10. What does Clifford say to Faith in "A Subject of Childhood" which angers her? How does she react?

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