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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 4 refers to a sentimental longing for the past?
(a) Nostalgia.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Recompense.
(d) Cultivation.

2. What does the author describe happening at the drugstore in Chapter 5?
(a) Her card is declined.
(b) A man breaks in line ahead of her.
(c) She is falsely arrested.
(d) Her friend slips and falls.

3. In Chapter 3, the author writes, "A friend tells you he has seen a photograph of you on the Internet and he wants to know why you look so" what?
(a) "Angry."
(b) "Happy."
(c) "Scared."
(d) "Cerebral."

4. The author writes in Chapter 4 that the past has "turned your flesh into its own" what?
(a) "Table."
(b) "Blackboard."
(c) "Slate."
(d) "Cupboard."

5. In Chapter 5, the author writes, "You give yourself back until nothing's left but the dissolving blues of" what?
(a) "Hatred."
(b) "Levity."
(c) "Metaphor."
(d) "Love."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author claim the world says not to wear in the house in Chapter 4?

2. How many police cars arrived when the author's friend was harassed while babysitting for her in Chapter 1?

3. What does the author describe metaphorically in Chapter 5 as "well-oiled doors opening and closing between intention, gesture"?

4. What does the word "denigrate" mean in Chapter 3?

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

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