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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In “A Man With Strong Hands,” Smith’s masseur tells her that she never does what while getting a massage?
(a) Reads.
(b) Relaxes.
(c) Talks.
(d) Listens.

3. To whom does Smith say she owes the lesson of compassion?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Lorraine Hansberry.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

4. What is the name of Smith’s masseur in “A Man with Strong Hands”?
(a) Ben.
(b) Jill.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Brendan.

5. How often does Smith get a massage at the nail salon?
(a) Every other weekday.
(b) Every day.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Saturdays and Sundays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Smith and Ben complain they have to do during the many public school days off?

2. Though Smith typically walks by sign holders in the park, what sign intrigues her in “A Provocation in the Park”?

3. Though Barbara is older, Smith says she is like many women in the city who do not get old in what “traditional” (48) way?

4. Smith always worried that she would not do well in an apocalypse because she lacks what?

5. What part of herself does Smith end her collection saying has never been tested “until now” (97)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Smith admit is different between how public school closings impact Ben versus how they impact her family?

2. What does Smith say about her husband Nick in Intimations: Debts and Lessons”?

3. What is Smith’s relationship like with Ben, her masseuse?

4. Why is Smith going to the ATM in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?

5. Who is Beck from “A Woman with A Little Dog”?

6. What does Myron think of all the people leaving NYC based on the phone call Smith overhears in the ATM?

7. How does Smith know the woman at the bus stop who approaches her must have known her from long ago?

8. Why does Smith rarely get manicures and never get pedicures?

9. How does Smith describe Barbara physically?

10. How does Smith show that when she went to the ATM in the first story in “Screengrabs” it was early on in the pandemic?

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