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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Occupied" and "Green Glass".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 31 of "Occupied," what event is alluded to in the sentence, "If you'd been in New York, you had your story"?
(a) The 2017 Women's March.
(b) The 2001 World Trade Center bombing.
(c) The 2011 Occupy Wall Street protest.
(d) The 2008 Times Square bombing.

2. In "Occupied," what topical event is alluded to in the page 35 sign that says "Now it is 'spring' all over the world"?
(a) The idiomatic expression "spring fever."
(b) Spring break.
(c) Wedekind's play Spring Awakening.
(d) The Arab Spring.

3. In "Occupied," why does Ivy need to be home by 5:30?
(a) Her ex-husband is coming to pick up their child.
(b) She has a client coming over.
(c) Her babysitter needs to leave then.
(d) She has dinner plans with her friends.

4. In "Polepole," what tribal people does the gate guard belong to?
(a) Maasai.
(b) Embu.
(c) Ogaden.
(d) Kikuyu.

5. In "The Torch," where does the dying woman announce they will go on the following day?
(a) To a party.
(b) Out dancing.
(c) To the movies.
(d) To the beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Occupied," when Ivy sees the labeled boxes of books, what book category does she wonder if she will ever see?

2. In "Polepole," what is "Kibera"?

3. In "Occupied," what does Ivy feel that she sees in a new and fascinating way when she tries to look from her lover's perspective?

4. On page 27 of "The Torch," what detail implies that the woman is dying?

5. In "Polepole," what does "the man" tell Daisy about getting his work for Bragg done?

(see the answer key)

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