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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Sparrows Falling from the Sky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ari feel the morning after burying the sparrow?
(a) He is very tired.
(b) He has a bad headache.
(c) He has a sore throat.
(d) He has a fever.

2. Where did Dante's mother go to graduate school?
(a) Boston U.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) University of Colorado.
(d) Harvard.

3. In Section 1, Chapter 2, what type of meeting is the narrator's mom preparing a lunch for?
(a) Co-workers.
(b) Family.
(c) Exercise-and-diet-lady-friends.
(d) Catholic-Church-lady-friends.

4. In Section 1, Chapter 5, how does Dante play music?
(a) Record player.
(b) Cassettes.
(c) Television.
(d) Radio.

5. What did Ari want his father to do with him when he was six or seven?
(a) Play with him.
(b) Throw a football with him.
(c) Throw a baseball with him.
(d) Read to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 1, Chapter 2, what song does the narrator mention that his mother sings frequently?

2. What does Ari's mother feed him in Section 2, Chapter 2?

3. What does Dante read to Ari in Section 2, Chapter 6?

4. How much older are Ari's twin sisters than he is?

5. In Section 1, Chapter 1, What is playing on the radio?

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