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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: pages 33-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Taking My Son to His First Day of Kindergarten"?
(a) Anzar Hitoshi.
(b) Harryette Mullen.
(c) Herberto Padilla.
(d) William Trowbridge.

2. Who wrote "Shedding Skin"?
(a) Nancy Mairs.
(b) Linda Gregg.
(c) Harryette Mullen.
(d) Maggie Anderson.

3. Whose dad tipped the boat in "The Father, Who Could Not Swim"?
(a) Johnson's.
(b) Robertson's.
(c) Ashley's.
(d) Kaufman's.

4. Who wrote "Simple Song of Being Oneself"?
(a) Philip Appleman.
(b) Vittorio Bodini.
(c) Barbara McCauley.
(d) David Hassler.

5. "Child Proof" is by what author?
(a) Lisa Brandenburg.
(b) Emma Mellon.
(c) James Baker Hall.
(d) Bill Meissner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Waking Instructions"?

2. Who wrote the poem "Dedication"?

3. Who is the author of the poem "I Myself"?

4. In the Introduction by Naomi Shihab Nye, the author leaves what behind on an airplane?

5. In "The Ants Are Using Sticks For Walls," ten-year-old girls want to be how old?

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