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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," who does Ivy think that she sees in the park?
(a) Her ex-husband.
(b) Her lover.
(c) Her client.
(d) Her son.
2. In "Polepole," who are Fiona and Emma?
(a) "The man's" children.
(b) Children from a nearby slum.
(c) Daisy's sisters.
(d) "The man's" dogs.
3. In "Polepole," what field do Bragg and "the man" work in?
(a) Government.
(b) Journalism.
(c) Art and antiquities.
(d) Tourism.
4. In "Occupied," who is Henry?
(a) Ivy's son.
(b) Ivy's lover.
(c) Ivy's boss.
(d) Ivy's ex-husband.
5. In "Occupied," what cause did Ivy knock on doors for when she was younger?
(a) Ending the killing of Alaskan seals.
(b) Cleaning up polluted waterways.
(c) Closing America's nuclear plants.
(d) Ending strip-mining in the Southwest.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Occupied," what does Ivy see that looks like a statue at first?
2. In "Polepole," what reason does Daisy give for being in Africa?
3. In "Occupied," what does Ivy feel when she thinks about walking with her son?
4. In "Occupied," what does Ivy think about the protest encampment when she first sees it?
5. In "Occupied," when Ivy sees the labeled boxes of books, what book category does she wonder if she will ever see?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Green Glass," how does Tom react when he realizes that Fran was once romantically involved with the lawyer at the party?
2. In "Polepole," what is the significance of Bragg's wink when he leaves Daisy to talk with "the man"?
3. In "Occupied," what is the significance of the disinterested expressions on the faces of the protesters at the encampment?
4. In "Polepole," what is Daisy's response to finding out that "the man" has a wife?
5. In "Occupied," how does Ivy feel about her friends' advice about Dexter?
6. In "Polepole," Daisy's comment of "I don't even know where I am" (3) has both a literal and a figurative meaning. Explain why this is so.
7. In "Polepole," what meaning does Daisy assign to the look Cecily gives her at the end of the story?
8. In "Polepole," after the man tells Daisy that he "needs" to kiss her, she "felt the outline of herself begin to dissolve" (5). Why does the man have this effect on Daisy?
9. On page 55 of "Green Glass," what does Fran mean when she says, "Men like to think women aren't sensitive, at convenient times"?
10. In "Occupied," what construction is happening near the park, and what is its significance?
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