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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. In "Café Mort," what is the name of the woman in the white nightgown who claims that she is still alive?
(a) Francine.
(b) Anita.
(c) Jules.
(d) Roxanne.

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

3. In "While It Lasts," why do George and Bonnie not stop for a drink with her brother after the movie?
(a) George wants to get home and watch t.v.
(b) George goes to work early in the morning.
(c) George does not like Bonnie's family.
(d) George does not approve of drinking.

4. In the context of "Café Mort," what does the word "mort" mean?
(a) A shortened form of "Mortimer."
(b) Grief.
(c) The sound of a hunting horn.
(d) Death.

5. On page 141 of "The Language of Cats and Dogs," what feature of Tower's daughter's does Sophie notice?
(a) Her "boyish" clothing.
(b) Her "dead eyes."
(c) Her "stringy nest of hair."
(d) Her "nicotine fingers."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Polepole," what detail about "the man's" life does he claim he thought that Bragg would already have told Daisy?

2. In "Occupied," who is Henry?

3. In "Why I Don't Write," what feeling does the narrator say "used to have a ragged pain, sometimes wafty, sometimes sharp as needles" (70)?

4. In "Polepole," what is the name of the restaurant where Daisy, Bragg, and "the man" have dinner?

5. In "Café Mort," how does the narrator unwind after a shift at work?

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