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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From who does Smith say she learned “solidarity” (88)?
(a) Pablo.
(b) Her father.
(c) Muhammad Ali.
(d) Mr. Rainbow.

2. Where is Smith’s friend’s cottage, which they are heading to in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) Utah.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Kerhonkson.
(d) North Carolina.

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

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

5. Who taught Smith “how to love...give...[and] grow up” (93)?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Nick.

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

7. Smith describes the young man at the start of “A Hovering Young Man” as a typical what?
(a) College Student.
(b) American.
(c) Fool.
(d) Teenager.

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

9. What is the name of the homeless man Smith sees I at the ATM in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) Milton.
(b) Myron.
(c) Mack.
(d) Marvin.

10. What is the name of the final short essay in “Screengrabs”?
(a) Post-script: Contempt as a Virus.
(b) Post-Script: Gaining herd immunity.
(c) Immune to the Herd.
(d) The virus of contempt.

11. What is the name of the fourth short essay in “Screengrabs”?
(a) Hoverboards and Youth.
(b) A Hovering Young Man.
(c) Youthful Exuberance.
(d) Cy the IT guy.

12. What phrase does Smith use to describes Cy’s style in “A Hovering Young Man”?
(a) Youthful ignorance.
(b) Childish foolishness.
(c) Youthful exuberance.
(d) Young eccentricity.

13. 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) Binging on Netflix.
(b) Ordering take-out.
(c) Going to the Catskills.
(d) Sleeping late.

14. What is the name of the second short essay of “Screengrabs”?
(a) Pandemic at the ATM.
(b) Shuttered Banks.
(c) A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule.
(d) Meeting Myron.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Smith say she has at times been annoyed with, but is happy Cy is connected to?

2. What is the title of the third short essay in “Screengrabs”?

3. Who does Smith say taught her the dangers of systemic racism?

4. Who does Smith say taught her “to be never finished thinking” (93)?

5. What is the title of the sixth short essay in Smith’s “Screengrabs”?

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