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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 "Why I Don't Write," what claim is made about the impact of having children on female writers?
(a) It makes them more creative.
(b) It is an obstacle to their success.
(c) It focuses their writing too narrowly.
(d) It deepens the emotion of their work.

2. According to "Why I Don't Write," what is the problem with making donations?
(a) They do not go to the purpose you intended.
(b) You'll be asked for more.
(c) People do not appreciate them enough.
(d) The tax write-off is not high enough.

3. In "Polepole," who is Babette?
(a) Bragg's wife.
(b) One of the children at "the man's" house.
(c) Daisy's colleague.
(d) A woman who runs an orphanage.

4. In "Why I Don't Write," what song title does the narrator think of?
(a) "Hocus Pocus."
(b) "Crawl to Me, Baby, Crawl to Me."
(c) "I Don't Like Mondays."
(d) "Down With the Sickness."

5. In "Occupied," what are Ivy's friends referring to when they tell her "You don't want that" (40)?
(a) Her divorce.
(b) Her troublesome client.
(c) Her move out of New York.
(d) Her relationship with her lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Polepole," what is the name of the restaurant where Daisy, Bragg, and "the man" have dinner?

2. In "The Torch," the woman's arm is compared in a simile to what object?

3. In "Café Mort," which waitress has been at the café the longest?

4. In the context of "Café Mort," what does the word "mort" mean?

5. In "While It Lasts," why is Bonnie unable to hear the last thing that Mr. Buffy tries to tell her?

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