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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 37 - 72).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cyrus feel responsible for the stranger's drowning?
(a) She was his best friend.
(b) She would never have gotten into the river if he had not.
(c) He taught her how to swim.
(d) He pushed her head under water.

2. What surprises Adam about Rufina when he meets her?
(a) Nothing.
(b) She is richer than he thought.
(c) She is younger than he thought.
(d) She is older than he thought.

3. What is Isabel always doing, according to Adam?
(a) Eating.
(b) Drinking coffee.
(c) Wrapping or unwrapping her hair.
(d) Walking somewhere.

4. Who wrote the "Selected Poems" Adam usually carries?
(a) John Ashberry.
(b) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(c) Maria Rilke.
(d) Emily Dickenson.

5. Where does Adam's friend Cyrus travel?
(a) Canada.
(b) Germany.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does Adam live in?

2. When does Adam tend to only find lines of poetry beautiful?

3. What does Adam drink with Arturo?

4. What is Tomas's third poem that Adam hears him read?

5. Why does Adam tell Rufina he had told Isabel his mother was dead?

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