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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Home by Jayne Anne Phillips.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator of the story Home go on Saturdays?
(a) The movies.
(b) The Veterans of Foreign Wars rummage sales.
(c) The grocery store.
(d) The public library in the next town.

2. What does the speaker in Girl teach about spitting up in the air?
(a) Why good girls do not do it.
(b) Why not to do it.
(c) How to do it, and how to get out of the way.
(d) How to do it, and how to catch it.

3. What does the narrator of the story Home do for a living while she is living with her mother?
(a) She is a math tutor.
(b) She is a second grade teacher.
(c) She is a tutor for remedial reading students.
(d) She is a school counselor.

4. What instructions does the speaker give in The Girl about eating?
(a) Eat so that no one around you is disgusted.
(b) Eat so that you get the most food.
(c) Eat quickly so as to resume your duties.
(d) Eat alone so as to have some quiet time.

5. Where do the couple stay for the weekend in A Romantic Weekend?
(a) In a Marriott Hotel.
(b) At a B and B.
(c) In his grandmother's deserted apartment.
(d) At a friend of hers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In A Romantic Weekend, what does the woman want to talk about after dinner?

2. What person do both the narrator and her mother of Home think about simultaneously?

3. In the story A Romantic Weekend, where is the couple in the story going for the weekend?

4. In the story A Romantic Weekend, where does the couple go for dinner on their weekend?

5. In the story Girl, on what day does the speaker tell the girl to wash clothes?

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