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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What image do baby bird's parents want to project in "Soaring"?
(a) Run down parents.
(b) Lazy workers.
(c) Good parents.
(d) Harsh disciplinarians.

2. At the end of "Soaring", what does the baby bird enjoy?
(a) Food.
(b) His friends.
(c) His family.
(d) Freedom.

3. What does the man in ""An American Holly" promise to do after he returns from a trip with his family?
(a) Buy a new plant.
(b) Buy a dog.
(c) Burn the plant.
(d) Rip out the plant.

4. Who writes the report in "Raising Cain: A Case History of the First Family"?
(a) A student.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A social worker.

5. What is the other animal in "Round in Circles" trying to get out of?
(a) A window.
(b) A bag.
(c) A pond.
(d) A cage.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "Nervous Condition", how does John's wife attack him?

2. What happens to the person the man encounters on the bridge?

3. What happens to the plant at the end of "An American Holly"?

4. What does Edwin H. Friedman claim "real figures of speech" are based on?

5. What does the man in "An American Holly" do out of frustration?

(see the answer key)

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