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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the ocean do regarding the "blues it can't absorb" in Chapter 5?
(a) It blushes.
(b) It hides.
(c) It shivers.
(d) It flees.

2. How many bad calls did the umpire detractor make against Serena Williams in her semifinal matchup in 2004?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

3. What does the author refer to "doubt" as in Chapter 1?
(a) Inexorable.
(b) Implicit.
(c) Reactionary.
(d) Visionary.

4. What does the author describe the man at the cash register asking her in Chapter 3?
(a) Whether she is a writer.
(b) Whether she would like to pay by cash or credit.
(c) Whether she will be dining in.
(d) Whether she thinks her card will work.

5. Where is the school described as being located in Chapter 1?
(a) On Jackson Street.
(b) On White Plains Road.
(c) On Steinway Street.
(d) On Broadway.

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 phrase is repeated in the first of the prints displayed in Chapter 3?

3. The author writes in Chapter 5, "You begin to move around in search of the steps it will take before you are thrown back into your own body, back into your own need" for what?

4. What does the author tell the reader not to lean against in Chapter 5?

5. What does the real estate woman repeatedly say to the author's friend when she is showing the author her house in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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