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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What “undeserved” thing does Smith say certain titles give to a crime?
(a) News stories.
(b) Attention.
(c) Scrutiny.
(d) An aura of power.

4. What is the title of the third short essay in “Screengrabs”?
(a) A Woman with a Little Dog.
(b) Barbara and Beck.
(c) A Man with Strong Hands.
(d) My Favorite Neighbor.

5. 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.

6. What did Barbara do when her dog died, according to Smith in “A Woman with a Little Dog”?
(a) Invited the neighbors to his funeral.
(b) Wept for weeks.
(c) Got a cat.
(d) Replaced him with an identical dog.

7. 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) Sleeping late.
(c) Ordering take-out.
(d) Going to the Catskills.

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

9. What is the title of the first short essay in “Screengrabs”?
(a) A Writer’s Life.
(b) A Man with Strong Hands.
(c) My Masseuse.
(d) Ben.

10. Who taught Smith “to replace the missing layer of skin with language” (92)?
(a) Kirin.
(b) Virginia Woolf.
(c) Zora Neal Hurston.
(d) Pablo.

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

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

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

14. Smith says that she rarely gets manicures because she can not do what at the same time?
(a) Scroll through facebook.
(b) Read.
(c) Write.
(d) Talk on the phone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject does Smith hear Myron discussing loudly at the end of “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. What does the woman in “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop” tell Smith she is going to the doctor’s to discuss?

5. 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?

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