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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “A Woman With a Little Dog,” “A Hovering Young Man”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the ways in which Smith said she had tried to resist her own nature?
(a) By dying her gray hair.
(b) By speaking with a fake accent.
(c) By wearing fake nails.
(d) By not keeping track of her menstrual cycles.

2. Where does the young man work in “A Hovering Young Man”?
(a) The university cafe.
(b) Admissions office.
(c) The Registrar’s office.
(d) The university library.

3. In the conversation Smith overhears at a Subway shop, the two women discuss seeing a baby holding what item?
(a) A harmonica.
(b) His mother’s keys.
(c) An iPhone.
(d) An iPad.

4. Smith says that she rarely gets manicures because she can not do what at the same time?
(a) Write.
(b) Talk on the phone.
(c) Read.
(d) Scroll through facebook.

5. What flowers does Smith wish she was looking at instead of peonies?
(a) Roses.
(b) Daffodils.
(c) Tulips.
(d) Lupines.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule,” Myron says that everyone is afraid of a cold when all they need to do is what?

2. What phrase does Smith use to describes Cy’s style in “A Hovering Young Man”?

3. In what city does Smith live at the start of “Peonies”?

4. What is the name of the second short essay of “Screengrabs”?

5. What does Smith say we had before the pandemic instead of death?

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