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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Occupied," what are the boxes of books being used for?
(a) To raise money for the protest.
(b) A lending library.
(c) An informal school.
(d) To hold down the plastic tarps.

2. In "Green Glass," what does Tom tell his ex about her dress?
(a) He remembers buying it for her.
(b) It makes her look like a prostitute.
(c) It made Fran jealous.
(d) It makes her look pregnant.

3. In "Green Glass," why is Tom's ex at the wedding?
(a) Her new boyfriend is a friend of the groom.
(b) She is there to see Tom.
(c) She is a friend of the bride.
(d) She is the groom's cousin.

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

5. On page 27 of "The Torch," what detail implies that the woman is dying?
(a) "Her eyelids were low and her black eyes looked elsewhere."
(b) The woman saying she wants to swim "In lovely cold water."
(c) "Her face had lost most of its flesh."
(d) The woman's "sharp bird-look."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Polepole," where does Daisy meet "the man"?

3. In "Polepole," what does "the man" do when the boy spits at him?

4. On page of 8 of "Polepole," what does "the man" say to Daisy that causes her to accuse him of insincerity?

5. In "Polepole," what is Daisy's job?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Occupied," where does Ivy stop on the way home from work, and why does she stop there?

2. In "Occupied," how does Ivy feel about her friends' advice about Dexter?

3. In "Polepole," what is the significance of Bragg's wink when he leaves Daisy to talk with "the man"?

4. In "Occupied," what is implied by the repeated descriptions of the wind?

5. In "Occupied," what is the thematic significance of Ivy's realization that the encampment seems larger and more substantial in photographs that she has seen of it?

6. Describe the setting and context of "Polepole."

7. In "Polepole," what is Daisy's response to finding out that "the man" has a wife?

8. In "Polepole," what symbolic significance is there in the sequence of events as Daisy and the man drive into his driveway and then enter his house?

9. On page 36 of "Occupied," what is meant by the assertion that "In her brain there was always a someone"?

10. In "Occupied," what construction is happening near the park, and what is its significance?

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