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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Café Mort" and "Boston Common at Twilight".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Polepole," what does Daisy notice on the ride home that she did not notice the evening before?
(a) The windshield crack.
(b) The real age of "the man."
(c) The dog chained in back of the servants' quarters.
(d) The beauty of the landscape.

2. In "Café Mort," how did the narrator's "beloved" die?
(a) In a crevasse in Alaska.
(b) He was attacked by a shark in South Africa.
(c) In a skydiving accident in Australia.
(d) In a Jeep rollover in Kenya.

3. In "Polepole," what do the details of "the man's" home tell the reader about him?
(a) He does not care about his surroundings.
(b) He is not really committed to staying in Kenya.
(c) He is more sensitive than he seems to be at first.
(d) He lives in comparative comfort.

4. In "Occupied," who is Henry?
(a) Ivy's lover.
(b) Ivy's son.
(c) Ivy's boss.
(d) Ivy's ex-husband.

5. On page 27 of "The Torch," what detail implies that the woman is dying?
(a) "Her face had lost most of its flesh."
(b) The woman's "sharp bird-look."
(c) The woman saying she wants to swim "In lovely cold water."
(d) "Her eyelids were low and her black eyes looked elsewhere."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Why I Don't Write," what feeling does the narrator say "used to have a ragged pain, sometimes wafty, sometimes sharp as needles" (70)?

2. In "Café Mort," what is the name of the woman in the white nightgown who claims that she is still alive?

3. In "Green Glass," why is Tom's ex at the wedding?

4. Where does "Polepole" take place?

5. In "Occupied," what does Ivy see that looks like a statue at first?

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