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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's father tell her that he and her ex, Ricardo, have been discussing?
(a) Trying to get Faith to take Ricardo back.
(b) Putting together a compilation of his poetry.
(c) Her father moving in with Ricardo.
(d) Ricardo taking custody of the boys.

2. Who is the speaker in "The Little Girl"?
(a) Dennis.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Jack.
(d) Carter.

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

4. Why is Cassie upset with Faith at then end of "Listening"?
(a) She slept with her husband.
(b) She did not go to her wedding.
(c) She never wrote about her.
(d) She would not loan her money.

5. What does the narrator's grandmother complain of in "In This Country"?
(a) Not being able to sleep.
(b) Not having enough money.
(c) Having ungrateful children.
(d) Not being able to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faith do in "The Expensive Moment," which she does not tell Jack?

2. Who does the narrator in "Love" read her love poem to?

3. Why did Lavinia's mother pull her kids from school?

4. What did Vicente want to be when he was young as told in "A Man Told Me the Story of His Life" (335)?

5. What did Vicente's school suggest he should be in "A Man Told Me the Story of His Life"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Philip In "Dreamer in A Dead Language"? Why does he want to meet Faith's father?

2. How does Faith's family react when she tells them of her stay with Mrs. Luddy in "The Long-Distance Runner"?

3. Describe the progression of the man's relationship with his female neighbor in "The Burdened Man."

4. What are the men discussing at the deli when Faith overhears them in "Listening"?

5. Describe the story the narrator writes for her father when he asks for a simple story in "A Conversation with My Father."

6. What is Dotty Wasserman's role in the story "Love"?

7. What does Jack say could happen if they have a baby as the narrator suggests in "The Story Hearer"?

8. Compare and contrast the mothers at the playground in "Northeast Playground" to the mothers when the older woman was a young mother.

9. Who is Sonia in "In This Country: But in Another Language..."? Why is the grandmother worried about ther?

10. What conclusion does George come to after his pinball machine is rejected in "This Is a Story About My Friend George"?

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