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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 "While It Lasts," why is Bonnie unable to hear the last thing that Mr. Buffy tries to tell her?
(a) A car honks its horn just as he speaks.
(b) George hurries her away.
(c) Mr. Buffy is on the other side of the glass door.
(d) The wind is too loud.

2. In "Polepole," what does "the man" tell Daisy about getting his work for Bragg done?
(a) Bragg's expectations are unrealistic.
(b) He will get it done as soon as Daisy leaves.
(c) He is not in a hurry and expects to be late with it.
(d) He does not have any work to get done at the moment.

3. What thought makes Tom smile at the very end of "Green Glass"?
(a) That Fran is completely under his spell.
(b) That Buster's marriage will probably end in divorce.
(c) That Fran feels ashamed of her relationship with the lawyer.
(d) That Buster once had a romantic interest in Tom's ex.

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

5. In "Polepole," what reason does Daisy give for being in Africa?
(a) She has always wanted to help the people of Africa.
(b) It is where her grandparents are from.
(c) She could not relate to her home town in Connecticut.
(d) It is where the company she works for sent her.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Throughout "Why I Don't Write," variations of what question are asked several times?

4. In "Café Mort," who is the restaurant manager?

5. At the end of "While It Lasts," what do Bonnie and George argue about?

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