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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Listen" and "The Language of Cats and Dogs".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first line of "Listen," on page 123?
(a) "We were all so surprised."
(b) "No one understands what's happening."
(c) "We are devastated by the news."
(d) "Are you listening?"

2. In "The Language of Cats and Dogs," what does Tower call Sophie after she rejects him?
(a) Childish.
(b) Conceited.
(c) Stuck-up.
(d) Frigid.

3. In "Occupied," Ivy sees a "doppelgänger." What does she see?
(a) A puppet or dummy that has an eerily lifelike quality.
(b) Someone who looks like the twin of an unrelated person.
(c) The hallucination of a disembodied spirit.
(d) A statue of a mythological creature.

4. In "Café Mort," what is true of all of the employees?
(a) They are dead.
(b) They are in mourning.
(c) They are in limbo.
(d) They are figments of the narrator's imagination.

5. In "The Language of Cats and Dogs," why does Melanie say that Sophie should not report Tower?
(a) Tower might lower her grade.
(b) Then everyone will know what happened.
(c) She might have trouble getting recommendation letters from faculty.
(d) The administration will not do anything about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Listen," what topical event is the entire story a response to?

2. In "Café Mort," what do the regular patrons talk about constantly?

3. On page 141 of "The Language of Cats and Dogs," what feature of Tower's daughter's does Sophie notice?

4. In "The Language of Cats and Dogs," when does Tower proposition Sophie?

5. At what time of year does "Boston Common at Twilight" take place?

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