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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following items of clothing does Fife report borrowing from Joan Baez?
(a) A bandoleer.
(b) A sombrero.
(c) A poncho.
(d) A cintura.

2. From which of the following sources does the epigraph at the beginning of the book come?
(a) The Present Becomes Past.
(b) Foregone.
(c) The Catcher in the Rye.
(d) The Past Becomes Present.

3. In which of the following Texas cities does Nick Dafina note he and Fife stayed?
(a) Amarillo.
(b) Alpine.
(c) Austin.
(d) Abilene.

4. Which of the following rivers does Fife note crossing on his way into Vermont?
(a) St. Lawrence.
(b) Delaware.
(c) Hudson.
(d) Connecticut.

5. As which of the following does Renée refer to Emma?
(a) Madame Flynn.
(b) Mrs. Fife.
(c) Madame Fife.
(d) Miss Emma.

Short Answer Questions

1. The comment that “It’s in English, but he has no understanding of the words. It’s as if they’re in Russian or Serbian” (76) offers an example of which of the following?

2. The comment that Joan Baez “was like their Joan of Arc riding up on her white horse to inspire them and validate their plight” (130-31) offers an example of which of the following?

3. Which of the following fellowships does Fife receive?

4. From which of the following colleges did a teenage Fife flee?

5. Which of the following schools is Alicia reported to have attended?

(see the answer key)

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