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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Café Mort" and "Boston Common at Twilight".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Why I Don't Write," what feeling does the narrator say "used to have a ragged pain, sometimes wafty, sometimes sharp as needles" (70)?
(a) Love.
(b) Caring.
(c) Grief.
(d) Ambition.

2. In "Café Mort," how did Karen's little brother die?
(a) He committed suicide.
(b) He overdosed.
(c) He was hit by a school bus.
(d) He fell out a window.

3. In "Café Mort," who comes in with the electrocuted woman?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her nurse.

4. In "Occupied," what are Ivy's friends referring to when they tell her "You don't want that" (40)?
(a) Her move out of New York.
(b) Her relationship with her lover.
(c) Her troublesome client.
(d) Her divorce.

5. In "Green Glass," what assumption does Tom make about Fran's relationship with the lawyer?
(a) That the lawyer flattered and manipulated her.
(b) That it ended because Fran fell in love with Tom.
(c) That Tom's friends are judging him because of it.
(d) That it means that Fran cannot really be attracted to Tom.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Why I Don't Write," which author does the narrator say stopped writing poetry at 21?

2. In "Café Mort," what is the name of the woman in the white nightgown who claims that she is still alive?

3. On page 107 of "Boston Common at Twilight," what causes Ned to sudden feel "that something uncertain was going to happen and he would be blamed for whatever it was"?

4. In "Café Mort," what does the woman with purple fingers complain about?

5. In "Café Mort," what does the narrator guess about the man "with eyes ringed like a raccoon's" (94)?

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