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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Smith describes the “Ideal, rent-controlled city dweller” who “creates community” without ever using what word?
(a) Community.
(b) Swears.
(c) Creation.
(d) Neighborhood.

2. What does Smith call the particular form of contempt she sees from Dominic?
(a) Class contempt.
(b) Racial contempt.
(c) Gender contempt.
(d) Self contempt.

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

4. About how old is Barbra in “A Woman with a Little Dog”?
(a) 35.
(b) 70.
(c) 60.
(d) 80.

5. The man holding the sign in Washington Square Park emailed the university telling them about his condition, which he called?
(a) Ethno displacement disorder.
(b) Gender Dysphoria.
(c) Ethno-racial Dysphoria.
(d) Ethno related agoraphobia.

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

7. At the start of “A Hovering Young Man,” Smith describes someone who looks enough like her to be her what?
(a) Brother.
(b) Sister.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Father.

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

9. What is one thing Smith and Ben have in common?
(a) They work at nail salons.
(b) They are parents.
(c) They are writers.
(d) They have flexible schedules.

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

11. What term does Smith question, which the media uses in regards to some crimes, such as when a man kills an innocent group of people in a church?
(a) Hate crime.
(b) Ideology.
(c) Murder.
(d) Heinous.

12. In what city is Smith in in her story, “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop”?
(a) London.
(b) Antwerp.
(c) Paris.
(d) Manhattan.

13. What is the name of the elderly woman's dog referenced in “A Woman with a Little Dog”?
(a) Barky.
(b) Beck.
(c) Fido.
(d) Spot.

14. What does the woman in “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop” tell Smith she is going to the doctor’s to discuss?
(a) Menopause.
(b) Cholesterol.
(c) Healthy eating.
(d) Osteoporosis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The quote Smith shares with her class about style states that style is a means of what?

2. What does Smith’s Masseur call her in “A Man With Strong Hands”?

3. How old is the woman who approached Smith at the bus stop?

4. What did Smith have printed on a T-shirt when she first moved to NYC?

5. What is NOT one of the reasons Smith considers might be behind the sign she saw in Central Park?

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