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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Why I Don't Write" and "While It Lasts".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Why I Don't Write," what does the narrator have a dream about?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Lobsters.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Sledding.

2. At the beginning of "While It Lasts," what object is George looking for?
(a) His laptop.
(b) His coat.
(c) His backpack.
(d) His car keys.

3. In "Occupied," what is Ivy's profession?
(a) Museum curator.
(b) Visual artist.
(c) Fiction writer.
(d) Magazine editor.

4. At the beginning of "Green Glass," what does Fran want to know about Tom's ex-girlfriend?
(a) Whether she is still in contact with Tom's friends.
(b) Whether she will be at the wedding they are going to.
(c) How many times a week she calls Tom.
(d) Why she broke up with Tom.

5. In "Why I Don't Write," what claim is implied by the list of female authors Jane Austen, Flannery O'Connor, and the Brontes?
(a) Women often start writing later in life than do men.
(b) Female writers often depend on someone else for money.
(c) Staying unmarried frees women to write.
(d) Women are better writers when they write in isolation.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 36 of "Occupied," which character is said to have "no intention at all"?

2. In "Polepole," when "the man" is trying to persuade Daisy to see him again, what does she wish he would stop saying?

3. In "Occupied," why does Ivy get into a bike accident?

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

5. In "While It Lasts," why do George and Bonnie not stop for a drink with her brother after the movie?

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