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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. Who does Smith say represents England's form of the contempt virus?
(a) Queen Elizabeth.
(b) The prime minister’s ideas man, Dominic.
(c) The Prime Minister.
(d) The Royal Family.

2. What does the woman at the bus stop tell Smith she wants her doctor to do about her health issue in question?
(a) Slow it down.
(b) Ease the symptoms.
(c) Bring it on.
(d) Make it stop.

3. What did Barbara do when her dog died, according to Smith in “A Woman with a Little Dog”?
(a) Got a cat.
(b) Wept for weeks.
(c) Invited the neighbors to his funeral.
(d) Replaced him with an identical dog.

4. To whom does Smith say she owes the lesson of compassion?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Lorraine Hansberry.

5. Myron accuses people of believing everything they hear on the news and not being about to do what for themselves?
(a) Buy face masks.
(b) Wash their hands.
(c) Cook.
(d) Think.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the sixth short essay in Smith’s “Screengrabs”?

2. What event has triggered Smith and her husband to leave New York City in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?

3. Where is Smith at the beginning of “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?

4. The man holding the sign in Washington Square Park emailed the university telling them about his condition, which he called?

5. How old is the woman who approached Smith at the bus stop?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Myron think of all the people leaving NYC based on the phone call Smith overhears in the ATM?

2. What does Smith admit is different between how public school closings impact Ben versus how they impact her family?

3. How does Smith show that others in her building are leaving the city as well?

4. How does Smith describe the way in which Barbara and other women in the city get older?

5. Why does Smith rarely get manicures and never get pedicures?

6. How does Smith describe the nail salon and its clientele where she gets her massages in “A Man with Strong Hands”?

7. What does Smith consider might be the reasons for the sign that read “I am a self-hating Asian. Let’s talk!” (66).

8. Why is Smith going to the ATM in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?

9. What is Smith’s relationship like with Ben, her masseuse?

10. How does Smith describe the way enslavers looked upon the Blacks they kidnapped and brought over on slave ships 400 years ago?

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