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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. What is the Indian merchantman doing in "Seascape"?
(a) Being buried.
(b) Coming home.
(c) Going out to sea.
(d) Getting married.

2. What is Joy driving in "Joy"?
(a) A fancy car.
(b) The butcher's cart.
(c) An imaginary buggy.
(d) A horse-drawn carriage.

3. What does the speaker in "Life Is Fine" decide he was born for?
(a) "Dyin'"
(b) "Livin'"
(c) "Cryin'"
(d) "Singin'"

4. What is Big Boy going to do with the object on his shoulders in "Catch"?
(a) Sell it at the market.
(b) Drop him off at school.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Leave it at God's doorstep.

5. What kind of diploma does the character in "Graduation" get?
(a) One from a cooking school.
(b) One saying she is now fluent in Spanish.
(c) One from a typing school.
(d) One saying she is now fluent in German.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the character in "Graduation"?

2. What does the speaker say the sea is a wilderness of in "Long Trip"?

3. How does the speaker attempt suicide the second time in "Life Is Fine"?

4. What place is the speaker trying to avoid in "One-Way Ticket"?

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

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