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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 "Boston Common at Twilight," what is Ned embarrassed about when he remembers coming to Boston Common with his mother seven years before?
(a) The outfits he and his brother wore.
(b) His mother's drinking.
(c) The argument he got into with his mother.
(d) How little he knew about Boston.

2. In "Café Mort," why does one of the customers always refer to himself using plurals?
(a) He is mentally ill.
(b) He is unaware that he is dead.
(c) He is a twin.
(d) He is a monarch.

3. In "Polepole," what is the name of "the man's" household employee?
(a) Theodore.
(b) Mpenda.
(c) Edmund.
(d) Jaali.

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

5. In "Green Glass," what is the name of the groom at the wedding?
(a) Bubs.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Buster.
(d) Biggie.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "While It Lasts," what does George compliment Isabel on?

2. In "Boston Common at Twilight," what temporarily makes Ned feel safer?

3. On page 66 of "Why I Don't Write," what is the subject of the only article the narrator reads all the way through?

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

5. In "Boston Common at Twilight," how many times has Ned seen his father since his father broke the news about his separation from their mother?

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