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

2. What is the name of the story Smith wrote that includes the homeless man she sees at the ATM?
(a) "Words and Music."
(b) "Phones and ATMs."
(c) "My Friend Myron."
(d) "Homeless Men Who Sing."

3. Smith describes the young man at the start of “A Hovering Young Man” as a typical what?
(a) American.
(b) Teenager.
(c) Fool.
(d) College Student.

4. Smith says that if the people of England are listened to, it is solely for what purpose?
(a) Spying.
(b) Rule making.
(c) Data Collection.
(d) Vote tallying.

5. What former British Prime Minister does Smith reference at the end of “The American Exception”?
(a) Winston Churchill.
(b) Tony Blair.
(c) Margaret Thatcher.
(d) Neville Chamberlain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Smith getting cash at the start of “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?

3. Smith always worried that she would not do well in an apocalypse because she lacks what?

4. In the conversation Smith overhears at a Subway shop, Smith learns that the two women conversing are more appalled by what factor, than that the child is too young for technology?

5. In what part of New York does “A Provocation in the Park” begin?

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