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

2. 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) Osteoporosis.
(c) Healthy eating.
(d) Cholesterol.

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

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

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

6. What part of herself does Smith end her collection saying has never been tested “until now” (97)?
(a) Her physical and moral cowardice.
(b) Her Ingenuity.
(c) Her ability to persevere.
(d) Her strength.

7. 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) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rome.

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

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

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

11. Smith thinks of the quote she shares with her class about style one day when Cy comes near her on his what?
(a) Roller skates.
(b) Skateboard.
(c) Hoverboard.
(d) Motorcycle.

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

13. In “A Man with Strong Hands” Smith admits that for Ben a public school day off can cause chaos, but for her it is what?
(a) An inconvenience.
(b) A day she and her kids get to sleep late.
(c) A loss of income.
(d) Quality time spent with her kids.

14. What does Smith say can be thought of as a virus due to the way it spreads in “Post-Script: Contempt as a Virus”?
(a) Contempt.
(b) Good deeds.
(c) Love.
(d) COVID-19.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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 says that the “enviable style of the young is little protection against” (56) what?

4. What does Smith say she believes would probably happen to her on the first hour of the first day of the apocalypse?

5. What part of New York is Smith surprised to find empty in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?

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