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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Occupied" and "Green Glass".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Torch," the woman's arm is compared in a simile to what object?
(a) A plank.
(b) A pane of glass.
(c) A bird's leg.
(d) A stick.

2. In "Polepole," what reason does Daisy give for being in Africa?
(a) It is where her grandparents are from.
(b) She has always wanted to help the people of Africa.
(c) It is where the company she works for sent her.
(d) She could not relate to her home town in Connecticut.

3. In "Occupied," why does Ivy get into a bike accident?
(a) The white van will not let her merge.
(b) She becomes lightheaded and almost faints.
(c) An angry pedestrian shoves her bike toward the street.
(d) She rides through a construction zone.

4. In "Green Glass," what does Tom say Fran should do with her feelings?
(a) Talk to a psychiatrist.
(b) Keep them to herself.
(c) Get over them.
(d) Talk to her girlfriends.

5. In "Polepole," what is "Kibera"?
(a) The Swahili word for "hello."
(b) A large slum.
(c) One of "the man's" servants' children.
(d) One of "the man's" children.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Green Glass," what is Tom's last name?

2. On page 8 of "Polepole," what does Daisy ask "the man" if he is worried about?

3. In "Green Glass," how does Fran feel about herself once she meets Tom's ex?

4. In "The Torch," the detail about the husband having watched his wife's face go through many changes is probably included in order to establish what?

5. In "Polepole," what is Daisy's job?

(see the answer key)

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