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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What part of New York is Smith surprised to find empty in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
2. What is Smith exiting when approached by an unfamiliar woman in “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop”?
3. 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?
4. What is the title of the first short essay in “Screengrabs”?
5. Though Smith typically walks by sign holders in the park, what sign intrigues her in “A Provocation in the Park”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Smith say about the “ideal, rent-controlled city dweller” (49)?
2. What does Smith tell her students about style each semester?
3. What does Smith admit is different between how public school closings impact Ben versus how they impact her family?
4. How does Smith describe the nail salon and its clientele where she gets her massages in “A Man with Strong Hands”?
5. Why is Smith going to the ATM in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
6. What are the two beauty treatments Smith will get and why?
7. How does Smith know the woman at the bus stop who approaches her must have known her from long ago?
8. How does Smith describe the way in which Barbara and other women in the city get older?
9. Why does Smith say she would likely commit suicide on the first hour of the first day of an apocalypse?
10. Who does Smith see in the ATM vestibule and what is her relationship with him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring theme of suffering in Smith’s essay, “Suffering Like Mel Gibson.”
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring theme of privilege in Smith’s essay, “Suffering Like Mel Gibson.”
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the symbolic significance of Barbara in “A Woman with a Little Dog.” What does she represent? What is Smith’s narrative tone in regards to Barbara?
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