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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Arresting a murderer.
(b) Pulling her over.
(c) Fighting with protestors.
(d) Pressing his knee into George Floyd’s neck.

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

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

4. How does Smith inform other people about the intriguing sign she saw in the park?
(a) She posts a picture of the sign holder on Instagram.
(b) She texts some friends.
(c) She tells her colleagues when she gets to school.
(d) She posts the text from the sign on Facebook.

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

6. Smith says that if you were to ask Barbara what she might be doing on a particular holiday, what is one possible answer she might give?
(a) Ordering take-out.
(b) Going to the Catskills.
(c) Sleeping late.
(d) Binging on Netflix.

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

8. What is the name of the fifth short essay in “Screengrabs”?
(a) My Mother’s Friend.
(b) Accosted By A Stranger.
(c) An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop.
(d) A Strange Lady in London.

9. What event has triggered Smith and her husband to leave New York City in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) Global pandemic.
(b) Civil unrest.
(c) World War.
(d) They lost their jobs.

10. Smith says that if the people of England are listened to, it is solely for what purpose?
(a) Spying.
(b) Vote tallying.
(c) Data Collection.
(d) Rule making.

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) Picture taking.
(b) Tarot Card readings.
(c) Balloon making.
(d) Portrait Painting.

12. Despite Barbara insisting her dog is well-behaved, Smith says the dog does what to everyone who walks by?
(a) Jump on.
(b) Tries to bite.
(c) Growls at.
(d) Chases.

13. What do Smith and Ben complain they have to do during the many public school days off?
(a) Bring their kids to work.
(b) Read to their kids.
(c) Scramble for childcare.
(d) Hang out with their kids.

14. In “A Hovering Young Man,” Smith says that her students have long been suspicious of the “infinite promise of” (56) what?
(a) Material wealth.
(b) Higher Education.
(c) The American dream.
(d) American youth.

15. What does Smith say she has at times been annoyed with, but is happy Cy is connected to?
(a) Institutions.
(b) Communities.
(c) Hoverboards.
(d) Families.

Short Answer Questions

1. What “undeserved” thing does Smith say certain titles give to a crime?

2. Smith describes the young man at the start of “A Hovering Young Man” as a typical what?

3. What is one thing Smith and Ben have in common?

4. Where is Smith at the beginning of “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?

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

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