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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author writes in Chapter 5, "Everyone understood you to be suffering and still everyone thought you thought" what?
(a) "You were alone."
(b) "You were nothing."
(c) "You were the sun."
(d) "You were invisible."

2. According to the world's view, the author says in Chapter 4, "No one should adhere to the facts that contribute to" what?
(a) "Redemption."
(b) "Deception."
(c) "Narrative."
(d) "Politics."

3. Where does the school girl attend school in Chapter 1?
(a) The St. Edwards School.
(b) The PS 242.
(c) The School for the Blind.
(d) The Sts. Philip and James School.

4. What film does the author describe seeing with a friend in Chapter 1?
(a) Tomorrow's Child.
(b) Amistad.
(c) The Color Purple.
(d) The House We Live In.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does the author describe "surveying movement against the calm, red sky at morning" in Chapter 5?

2. What does the girl behind the school girl ask her to do when they are taking exams in Chapter 1?

3. Who wrote the following quotation that opens the book: "If they don't see happiness in the picture, at least they'll see the black"?

4. What does the author describe pouring three bowls of in Chapter 5?

5. The author writes in Chapter 4 that the past has "turned your flesh into its own" what?

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