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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Public Sphere: Who Shot Johnny?, Who We Are, What's Wrong With Animal Rights.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What example does Conroy give about a person's realization or application to something in "Think About It"?
(a) He explains what a "lightbulb" moment is.
(b) When he realized how to tie a double knot on his tennis shoes.
(c) When he used bleach on his clothes for the first time.
(d) The response he receieved from a jazz musician on how to play a specific chord.

2. Who of Cofer's family members had problems assimilating into their new neighborhood?
(a) Cofer.
(b) Her dog.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

3. What magazine is mentioned having a cartoon that is equivalent to shouting fire in "Shouting Fire!"?
(a) Cosmoplolitan.
(b) Spin.
(c) Hustler.
(d) Rolling Stone.

4. How is time or age measured in Accawi's village?
(a) By it's proximity to other events.
(b) With a sundial.
(c) With a stopwatch.
(d) By a calendar.

5. What question is Danticat asking at the end of the essay, "Westbury Court"?
(a) How the fire started.
(b) If her memory is correct and those children died.
(c) How to contact the lady.
(d) If the lady died.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who outlined the exception to the first amendment in "Shouting Fire!"?

2. Why does Sanders begin a new carpentry project in "The Inheritance of Tools"?

3. What happens to change Ofri's state of being in "Merced"?

4. What does Updike say that men think about their bodies?

5. Why does the last part of Lopez's journey in "The Stone Horse" have to be traveled on foot?

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