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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Smith and her mother communicate during the pandemic lockdown?

2. How does Barbara say they will get through this at the end of “A Woman with a Little Dog”?

3. How does Smith inform other people about the intriguing sign she saw in the park?

4. Smith says that she rarely gets manicures because she can not do what at the same time?

5. Where does the young man work in “A Hovering Young Man”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Smith describe the nail salon and its clientele where she gets her massages in “A Man with Strong Hands”?

2. How does Smith describe Barbara physically?

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

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

5. What does Smith say she learned from or appreciates about her parents and brother in “Intimations”?

6. What does Smith say her feelings have always been about her ability to survive an apocalypse?

7. What does Smith find interesting about the way in which the man with the sign projects his hate?

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

9. How does Smith describe the way enslavers looked upon the Blacks they kidnapped and brought over on slave ships 400 years ago?

10. Why does Smith say, despite her issues with institutions, that she is glad Cy is connected to one?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing Smith’s relationship with Ben in “A Man with Strong Hands.” Include the role privilege plays in this essay.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the title of Smith’s essay “A Provocation in the Park.” In what ways does this title impact your reading of the essay? In what ways does this title reflect the theme or mood of the story? Use direct examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Smith experiences personal changes throughout the collection. In what ways does Smith change and in what ways does she remain the same? How do these changes develop the themes of Intimations?

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