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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Café Mort" and "Boston Common at Twilight".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Café Mort," what does the narrator guess about Maggie?
(a) That she will quit soon.
(b) That she is in love with one of the cooks.
(c) That she is unaware that the patrons are dead.
(d) That she is an orphan.

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

3. In "Polepole," what surprises Daisy about Cecily's reaction to "the man's" hitting the child?
(a) Daisy thinks that Cecily is disinterested, but then Cecily demands an apology.
(b) Daisy thinks that Cecily is angry, but Cecily actually seems to approve.
(c) Daisy thinks that Cecily is embarrassed, but then Cecily just shrugs it off.
(d) Daisy thinks that Cecily is amused, but later Cecily yells at "the man."

4. In "Polepole," what is "Kibera"?
(a) A large slum.
(b) The Swahili word for "hello."
(c) One of "the man's" children.
(d) One of "the man's" servants' children.

5. 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 a party.
(d) To the beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Café Mort," which waitress has been at the café the longest?

2. In "While It Lasts," what does Bonnie think is Isabel's problem with finding love?

3. In "Boston Common at Twilight," what sport is Ned involved in?

4. In "Green Glass," what is the name of the groom at the wedding?

5. In "The Torch," where did the husband first see the woman who would become his wife?

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