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

2. On page 38 of "Occupied," which phrase describes how Ivy feels when she plays with her son?
(a) "A robotic performer."
(b) "Ironically unengaged."
(c) "White with light."
(d) "Unguarded and trusting."

3. In "While It Lasts," what single word is Bonnie's "first lie to [George]" (87)?
(a) "Isabel."
(b) "Yes."
(c) "Nothing."
(d) "Yesterday."

4. In "The Torch," the woman's arm is compared in a simile to what object?
(a) A pane of glass.
(b) A bird's leg.
(c) A stick.
(d) A plank.

5. In "While It Lasts," why do George and Bonnie not stop for a drink with her brother after the movie?
(a) George wants to get home and watch t.v.
(b) George does not approve of drinking.
(c) George goes to work early in the morning.
(d) George does not like Bonnie's family.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Green Glass," why is Tom's ex at the wedding?

2. In "The Torch," the detail about the husband having watched his wife's face go through many changes is probably included in order to establish what?

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

4. In "While It Lasts," George is said to be "an expert at being flippant" (82). What does this mean George is good at?

5. On page of 8 of "Polepole," what does "the man" say to Daisy that causes her to accuse him of insincerity?

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