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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Listen" and "The Language of Cats and Dogs".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of "Café Mort," what question does Rita ask the narrator on page 101?
(a) "Have we lost you?"
(b) "Can you help me?"
(c) "How long will you stay?"
(d) "Do you remember?"

2. In "While It Lasts," whose owns the apartment where the party is held?
(a) Froy.
(b) Richard's company.
(c) Mr. Buffy.
(d) Isabel's stepmother.

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

4. In "The Torch," what is the first question that the woman asks?
(a) She wants to know who is in the room with her.
(b) She wants to know where her husband has been.
(c) She asks for some water.
(d) She asks for her medication.

5. In "Polepole," what is Daisy's job?
(a) Horticulturist.
(b) Documentary filmmaker.
(c) Volunteer eye surgeon.
(d) Novelist.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Language of Cats and Dogs," how long before Sophie's graduation does her mother die?

2. In "Why I Don't Write," what claim is implied by the list of female authors Jane Austen, Flannery O'Connor, and the Brontes?

3. On page 66 of "Why I Don't Write," what is ironic about the diagnosis of the computer problem "Your system must be overloaded"?

4. On page 75 of "Why I Don't Write," the exclamation point in "Passing a man who holds your gaze!" is likely meant to convey what emotions?

5. In "Occupied," who does Ivy think that she sees in the park?

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