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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section X: Name in Uphill Letters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the character in "Migrant" sign his paycheck?
(a) With his family's famous pen.
(b) With "a crayon, just like a child."
(c) With his own blood.
(d) In "uphill letters."

2. What place is the speaker trying to avoid in "One-Way Ticket"?
(a) The police station.
(b) The South.
(c) His mother's house.
(d) His girlfriend's house.

3. What language, other than English, is used in the poem "Havana Dreams"?
(a) Creole.
(b) Russian.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Gaelic.

4. How does the speaker first attempt suicide in "Life Is Fine"?
(a) By jumping off of a building.
(b) By jumping into a river.
(c) By jumping in front of a train.
(d) By jumping off of a cliff.

5. What country is NOT mentioned in any of the poems in "Sea and Land"?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Thailand.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What inanimate object speaks in "Heaven"?

2. What is the little girl dreaming of in "To Be Somebody"?

3. With what triumphant phrase does the speaker conclude "Still Here"?

4. In "Water-Front Streets," where does the speaker claim to carry "beauties"?

5. What are the waves cutting the darkness with in "Moonlight Night: Carmel"?

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