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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Screengrabs,” “A Man with Strong Hands,” “A Character in a Wheelchair in a Vestibule.” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Smith say writers often write about at some point in their careers at the start of “Something to Do”?
(a) Writer’s block.
(b) How to write.
(c) The health benefits of writing.
(d) Why they write.

2. At the start of “Suffering Like Mel Gibson,” which type of person does Smith say dreamed of an “isolation within isolation” (29) at the start of the pandemic?
(a) Married couples with children.
(b) Grandparents.
(c) Dating couples.
(d) Roommates.

3. What type of establishment is described at the start of “A Man with Strong Hands”?
(a) A pub.
(b) A nail salon.
(c) A movie theater.
(d) A restaurant.

4. Who did people “thank God for” (16) after the pandemic when, Smith says, they were not seen as worthy of a $15/ hour minimum wage prior to the pandemic?
(a) Essential Workers.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Bartenders.

5. What image of “bored children” at home does Smith use in “The American Exception”?
(a) Twiddling their thumbs.
(b) Staring zombie like at a screen.
(c) Crying from boredom.
(d) Climbing the walls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the social issues Smith said that pandemic forced many to have to face in her essay “Something to Do”?

2. In “The American Exception,” Smith says that the poorer countries Trump condemned did not have the foresight to be what?

3. What offer do Smith and her husband accept from a friend when the pandemic begins?

4. What does Smith say “demanded a new dawn” (11)?

5. Which type of person does Smith say was overjoyed with the new free time at the start of the pandemic?

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