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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Barbara eat her croissant despite it being a place designated for other business?
(a) In a schoolyard.
(b) Outside a hair salon.
(c) Inside a pub.
(d) Outside a different restaurant.

2. How does Smith describe the clientele of the nail salon she frequents?
(a) Snobby.
(b) Low-class and rude.
(c) Loud and impolite.
(d) Upscale and well-mannered.

3. How often does Smith get a massage at the nail salon?
(a) Every other weekday.
(b) Saturdays and Sundays.
(c) Every day.
(d) Once a week.

4. What does Smith note about the hate from the man holding the sign in Washington Square Park?
(a) It is pointed outward.
(b) It is pointed inward.
(c) It is not violent.
(d) It does not discriminate.

5. What does Smith say she believes would probably happen to her on the first hour of the first day of the apocalypse?
(a) She would have mapped out a survival plan.
(b) She would write a story about it.
(c) She would die.
(d) She would take a nap.

6. Who does Smith credit for “delirium, delight, youth, sunshine, love letters, love songs” (92)?
(a) Mags.
(b) Her children.
(c) Ben.
(d) Nick.

7. What are the only two beauty treatments Smith gets because they either allow her to read or do not take much time?
(a) Highlights and lowlights.
(b) Facials and full body massages.
(c) Gray hair removal and eyebrow threading.
(d) Manicure and pedicure.

8. How do Smith and her mother communicate during the pandemic lockdown?
(a) Phone calls.
(b) Video conference.
(c) Text.
(d) Letter writing.

9. What is the name of the woman Smith mentions at the start of “A Woman with a Little Dog”?
(a) Fran.
(b) Babs.
(c) Barbara.
(d) Deborah.

10. Who taught Smith “to have one layer of skin less than the others, and therefore to feel it all” (92)?
(a) Zora Neal Hurston.
(b) Zulfi.
(c) Pablo.
(d) Carol.

11. When someone is holding a Free Hugs sign, Smith says the hugs are not free. What is one of the services Smith says the sign holder might be selling?
(a) Tarot Card readings.
(b) Picture taking.
(c) Portrait Painting.
(d) Balloon making.

12. What are some of the topics Smith and her mother discuss during the pandemic lockdown?
(a) Online teaching and cooking.
(b) Housekeeping and books.
(c) TV shows and movies.
(d) PPE, family, and gardening.

13. What is something a professor has that Smith says an IT person does not have at the end of “A Hovering Young Man”?
(a) A good salary.
(b) A difficult job.
(c) An honest job.
(d) Tenure.

14. What is NOT one of the reasons Smith considers might be behind the sign she saw in Central Park?
(a) A desire to provoke.
(b) Informing people about Ethno-Racial Dysphoria.
(c) Part of a TV show.
(d) Mental Illness.

15. Smith always worried that she would not do well in an apocalypse because she lacks what?
(a) Survival instincts and a will to survive.
(b) Money.
(c) Common sense.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Smith thinks of the quote she shares with her class about style one day when Cy comes near her on his what?

2. Smith compares the contempt on Dominc’s face during a press conference about the pandemic to the contempt of the American officer’s face while doing what?

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

4. At the end of “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule,” Myron says that everyone is afraid of a cold when all they need to do is what?

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

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