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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop,” “A Provocation in the Park,” “Post-script: Contempt as a Virus” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Smith and husband planing to fly to as soon as they are able in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) Rome.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Barcelona.

2. In suffering like Mel Gibson, Smith says that prior to the pandemic people were learning about the link between privilege and what?
(a) Intersectionality.
(b) Gender.
(c) Race.
(d) Class.

3. Where is Smith’s friend’s cottage, which they are heading to in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) Utah.
(b) Vermont.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Kerhonkson.

4. In the conversation Smith overhears at a Subway shop, Smith learns that the two women conversing are more appalled by what factor, than that the child is too young for technology?
(a) That the baby was unhappy even though he had an iPad.
(b) That the iPad was not the latest version.
(c) That the mother tried to take away the iPad.
(d) That the baby held such an expensive item.

5. What “undeserved” thing does Smith say certain titles give to a crime?
(a) Scrutiny.
(b) An aura of power.
(c) News stories.
(d) Attention.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Smith say she has at times been annoyed with, but is happy Cy is connected to?

2. What subject does Smith hear Myron discussing loudly at the end of “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?

3. Why does Smith assume the nail salon she goes to must do a good business?

4. At the end of “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop,” Smith says her mother told a story about someone who did what to his girlfriend during lockdown?

5. What does Smith say we had before the pandemic instead of death?

(see the answer key)

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