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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 "Polepole," what does "the man" do when the boy spits at him?
(a) Makes the boy clean the floor.
(b) Hits him.
(c) Fires his father.
(d) Swears at him.
2. In "Listen," what technique is used in the page 123 lines, "No one saw/ No one could see/ No one wanted to see"?
(a) Paraprosdokian.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Chiasmus.
3. In "Boston Common at Twilight," where is Ned's family home?
(a) Charlestown.
(b) Concord.
(c) Marshport.
(d) Cambridge.
4. In "Polepole," what reason does Daisy give for being in Africa?
(a) She could not relate to her home town in Connecticut.
(b) It is where her grandparents are from.
(c) It is where the company she works for sent her.
(d) She has always wanted to help the people of Africa.
5. Throughout "Why I Don't Write," variations of what question are asked several times?
(a) "When will the magazines arrive?"
(b) "Can I just see that one more time?"
(c) "Is this as unbelievable as I think it is?"
(d) "How many children do you have?"
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Boston Common at Twilight," who is Matt?
2. In "The Language of Cats and Dogs," Tower's wife holds a cigarette "piquantly" (141). How is she holding the cigarette?
3. On page 108 of "Boston Common at Twilight," what causes Ned to feel "something hot and terrible rush through him"?
4. In "While It Lasts," what single word is Bonnie's "first lie to [George]" (87)?
5. In "Café Mort," what is the name of the woman in the white nightgown who claims that she is still alive?
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