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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop,” “A Provocation in the Park,” “Post-script: Contempt as a Virus” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Smith and her mother communicate during the pandemic lockdown?
(a) Letter writing.
(b) Text.
(c) Phone calls.
(d) Video conference.

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

3. Smith thinks of the quote she shares with her class about style one day when Cy comes near her on his what?
(a) Roller skates.
(b) Skateboard.
(c) Hoverboard.
(d) Motorcycle.

4. What is the name of the young man Smith describes in “A Hovering Young Man”?
(a) Cal.
(b) Cy.
(c) Clyde.
(d) Ty.

5. How does Smith inform other people about the intriguing sign she saw in the park?
(a) She tells her colleagues when she gets to school.
(b) She posts a picture of the sign holder on Instagram.
(c) She texts some friends.
(d) She posts the text from the sign on Facebook.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Smith say she believed to be the “cage of her circumstance” (3) when she was younger?

3. Which type of person does Smith describe as being shuffled “from one isolation to another and back again” (30)?

4. Where does Barbara eat her croissant despite it being a place designated for other business?

5. What subject does Smith hear Myron discussing loudly at the end of “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?

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