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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," why is the woman unsure who is with her and what is going on?
(a) She has been in an accident.
(b) She is very ill and has been sleeping.
(c) She has amnesia.
(d) She has been in a coma for several weeks.

2. On page 31 of "Occupied," what event is alluded to in the sentence, "If you'd been in New York, you had your story"?
(a) The 2001 World Trade Center bombing.
(b) The 2017 Women's March.
(c) The 2011 Occupy Wall Street protest.
(d) The 2008 Times Square bombing.

3. In "Occupied," what topical event is alluded to in the page 35 sign that says "Now it is 'spring' all over the world"?
(a) Wedekind's play Spring Awakening.
(b) The Arab Spring.
(c) Spring break.
(d) The idiomatic expression "spring fever."

4. In "The Torch," what is the first question that the woman asks?
(a) She wants to know who is in the room with her.
(b) She asks for some water.
(c) She asks for her medication.
(d) She wants to know where her husband has been.

5. In "Polepole," why does "the man" pull over when he is driving Daisy home after dinner?
(a) His Jeep is out of gas.
(b) He wants to kiss her.
(c) There is a buffalo in the road.
(d) He needs to check the route.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Occupied," what are the boxes of books being used for?

2. Where does "Polepole" take place?

3. In "Polepole," who is Babette?

4. In "The Torch," where does the dying woman announce they will go on the following day?

5. In "Polepole," when "the man" is trying to persuade Daisy to see him again, what does she wish he would stop saying?

(see the answer key)

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