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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Words/Meaning" – "Hiding/Seeking".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day did the author's grandmother's family bake bread each week?
(a) Wednesdays.
(b) Tuesdays.
(c) Thursdays.
(d) Mondays.

2. What question did the author's grandmother ask him when he called to tell her his son had been born?
(a) She asked whether the labor was easy.
(b) She asked how much he weighed.
(c) She asked if he had hair.
(d) She asked what his length was.

3. The author asserts that in his family's tradition, food serves two purposes. It nourishes and it does what?
(a) Calms the soul.
(b) Gives you groundedness.
(c) Soothes weary spirits.
(d) It helps you remember.

4. The author claims in "George" that no one ever had a plush toy shaped like what?
(a) A rock.
(b) A boy.
(c) A tree.
(d) A house.

5. What word from the text refers to the urge to project human experience onto other animals?
(a) Anthropomorphism.
(b) Anthropodeism.
(c) Anthropocentrism.
(d) Anthropomonism.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the UN, the livestock sector is responsible for what percent of greenhouse gas emissions?

2. In what states does the author's activist friend "C" say shew grew up?

3. In how many U.S. states is it legal to eat dog?

4. What did the author's grandmother describe filling her pants with when she was young during the war?

5. How old does the author say he was when his family fostered a cousin's dog and he kicked it?

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