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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 45 - 87).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "& So," how does grief leave when it goes?
(a) With a bang.
(b) Softly.
(c) With joy.
(d) With sadness.

2. In "The Shallows," how do we stand?
(a) Stone-still.
(b) Raucously.
(c) Suspiciously.
(d) Moving.

3. In "At First," what are our sentences as stilted as?
(a) A phone.
(b) A frog.
(c) A telegram.
(d) A walk.

4. In "Another Nautical," what suffix does the poet consider?
(a) -ship.
(b) -putting.
(c) -friend.
(d) -sitting.

5. In "At First," what did we become paid professionals of?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Pain.
(d) Eating.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Compass," what is there no better compass than?

2. In "Cordage, or Atonement," what did we have to be to be part of the living?

3. In "Every Day We Are Learning," what can we not possess without practicing it?

4. In "Earth Eyes," what is clamped down?

5. In "The Shallows," what does Gorman implore people to do after grieving?

(see the answer key)

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