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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15: pages 161-170.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What marks the spot where an armchair once stood in "The Moment for Which There Is No Name"?
(a) A chalk circle.
(b) A barstool.
(c) A shadow.
(d) An x.

2. In "Shedding Skin," what does the author rub against?
(a) A rock.
(b) A tree.
(c) A bear.
(d) A glacier.

3. In "What We Want," the author writes, "we all want to be lost, and looked for, and found again and welcomed home in the smoky darkness on any" what?
(a) "Spring morning."
(b) "Autumn morning."
(c) "Summer night."
(d) "Winter night."

4. In "This Isn't Fair," the author's beloved leaves the room when he asks if she loves him, but he calls her back frantically to give her what?
(a) An explanation.
(b) A book.
(c) A poem.
(d) A ring.

5. Who wrote "Naming"?
(a) Roger Jones.
(b) Nancy Mairs.
(c) James Baker Hall.
(d) Lucille Clifton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poem of Rolf Jacobsen's is included in the collection?

2. In "Divorce," the author wakes suddenly and hears what?

3. In "Avalanche," the snow creates the belief that everything has a what?

4. Who is the author of "Going Home"?

5. Who wrote "Hitchhiker"?

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