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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what airline does the author describe sitting in a window seat in Chapter 1?
(a) United Airlines.
(b) Pan-Am Airlines.
(c) Delta Airlines.
(d) American Airlines.

2. The author claims in Chapter 5 that "the conversations you have with your eyes translate" what?
(a) "Everything and nothing."
(b) "A white cloud of rain."
(c) "A desperation that you cannot name."
(d) "A shiny skyscraper."

3. What phrase is repeated in the first of the prints displayed in Chapter 3?
(a) "Your memory, vessel of your feelings."
(b) "Get you to Heaven."
(c) "I do not always feel colored."
(d) "A past stacked among your pillows."

4. What color is described repeatedly throughout Chapter 5?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

5. What animal does the author describe "surveying movement against the calm, red sky at morning" in Chapter 5?
(a) A bald eagle.
(b) A gray wolf.
(c) A red-tailed hawk.
(d) A shark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the girl who sits behind the protagonist in the school room in Chapter 1?

2. What does the author describe buying from the cashier when out with her friend in Chapter 3?

3. The author claims in Chapter 1, "A friend argues that Americans battle between the 'historical self' and" what?

4. In Chapter 5, the author writes, "You give yourself back until nothing's left but the dissolving blues of" what?

5. What word in Chapter 4 refers to a contemplative person?

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