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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the story Smith wrote that includes the homeless man she sees at the ATM?
(a) "My Friend Myron."
(b) "Phones and ATMs."
(c) "Words and Music."
(d) "Homeless Men Who Sing."

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

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

4. How old is the woman who approached Smith at the bus stop?
(a) 48.
(b) 79.
(c) 68.
(d) 58.

5. What is Smith exiting when approached by an unfamiliar woman in “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop”?
(a) An airplane.
(b) Her limousine.
(c) A taxi.
(d) A bus.

6. 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) Carol.
(d) Pablo.

7. What is the one “indulgence” (38) Smith says that she gets regularly in “A Man With Strong Hands”?
(a) Hot stone massage.
(b) Swedish massage.
(c) Full body massage.
(d) Chair massage.

8. Where does the young man work in “A Hovering Young Man”?
(a) The university cafe.
(b) Admissions office.
(c) The Registrar’s office.
(d) The university library.

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

10. Who does Smith say taught her “identity as an area of interest” (93)?
(a) Deborah.
(b) Darryl.
(c) Mags.
(d) Nick.

11. After the man with the sign sent the email to the university they scrambled to figure out the motivation behind it so as to do what properly?
(a) Contact his family.
(b) Determine the repercussions.
(c) Meet him in person.
(d) Respond to his email.

12. 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?
(a) Called the cops on her.
(b) Murdered her.
(c) Kicked her out.
(d) Broke-up with her.

13. What does the woman at the bus stop tell Smith she wants her doctor to do about her health issue in question?
(a) Slow it down.
(b) Bring it on.
(c) Ease the symptoms.
(d) Make it stop.

14. How does Barbara say they will get through this at the end of “A Woman with a Little Dog”?
(a) By the grace of God.
(b) In Time.
(c) Together.
(d) Alone.

15. Myron accuses people of believing everything they hear on the news and not being about to do what for themselves?
(a) Cook.
(b) Buy face masks.
(c) Wash their hands.
(d) Think.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who taught Smith “the importance of finding your own language” (90)?

2. 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?

3. At the end of “A Hovering Young Man,” Smith insists that style is all that young people have and says that this style has been what?

4. In what part of New York does “A Provocation in the Park” begin?

5. What is the name of Smith’s masseur in “A Man with Strong Hands”?

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