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

2. On page 66 of "Why I Don't Write," what is ironic about the diagnosis of the computer problem "Your system must be overloaded"?
(a) Unsolicited advice clearly bothers the narrator.
(b) The narrator's computer is brand new.
(c) The advice applies to the narrator's life, as well.
(d) The narrator does not have a computer.

3. In "Polepole," what does his servant's wife call "the man"?
(a) Bwana.
(b) Mistah T.
(c) Uncle T.
(d) Baba.

4. Where does "Polepole" take place?
(a) Kenya.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Botswana.
(d) Zimbabwe.

5. 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) The Arab Spring.
(c) Spring break.
(d) Wedekind's play Spring Awakening.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Green Glass," what is Tom's last name?

2. In "Occupied," Ivy sees a "doppelgänger." What does she see?

3. In "Polepole," what does "the man" do when the boy spits at him?

4. In "Polepole," what is the name of "the man's" household employee?

5. In "Occupied," what does Ivy feel when she thinks about walking with her son?

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