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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the first short essay in “Screengrabs”?
(a) A Man with Strong Hands.
(b) A Writer’s Life.
(c) My Masseuse.
(d) Ben.

2. Who does Smith say taught her the dangers of systemic racism?
(a) Ben.
(b) Deborah.
(c) Kirin.
(d) Darren.

3. At the end of “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop,” what does Smith’s mother say lockdown is doing to people?
(a) Bringing them peace.
(b) Making them lazy.
(c) Driving them crazy.
(d) Slowing them down.

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

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

6. Why is Smith getting cash at the start of “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) Credit card machines across the city are down.
(b) She does not like credit cards.
(c) The restaurant she ordered from does not take credit card.
(d) She and her husband are leaving the city and want to have cash on them.

7. 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) Carol.
(c) Zulfi.
(d) Pablo.

8. What is the title of the sixth short essay in Smith’s “Screengrabs”?
(a) Ethno-Racial Dysphoria.
(b) Panic in the Park.
(c) A Pandemic Provocation.
(d) A Provocation in the Park.

9. 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) Barcelona.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) London.

10. Where is Smith at the beginning of “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) An ATM.
(b) A taxi.
(c) A diner.
(d) Her home.

11. Who taught Smith “the importance of finding your own language” (90)?
(a) Zora Neal Hurston.
(b) Carol.
(c) Mr. Rainbow.
(d) Zulfi.

12. Though Barbara is older, Smith says she is like many women in the city who do not get old in what “traditional” (48) way?
(a) Scientific.
(b) Boring.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Elderly.

13. Whose quote about style does Smith say she always uses for her classes?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Sontag.
(c) Moshfegh.
(d) Silver.

14. What part of New York is Smith surprised to find empty in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) Central Park.
(b) Times Square.
(c) Rockefeller Center.
(d) Broadway.

15. What offer do Smith and her husband accept from a friend when the pandemic begins?
(a) To let the friend house sit while they leave.
(b) To buy a house in the suburbs together.
(c) To stay in the friends cottage.
(d) To quarantine together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event has triggered Smith and her husband to leave New York City in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?

2. How often does Smith get a massage at the nail salon?

3. Who does Smith say taught her “identity as an area of interest” (93)?

4. Who does Smith credit for “delirium, delight, youth, sunshine, love letters, love songs” (92)?

5. Despite Barbara insisting her dog is well-behaved, Smith says the dog does what to everyone who walks by?

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