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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 - 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is "Sharing a Bag" dated?
(a) December 20.
(b) November 26.
(c) October 2.
(d) March 12.

2. Who wrote the book The Hatred of Poetry?
(a) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(b) Ben Lerner.
(c) Michelle Alexander.
(d) Zadie Smith.

3. What movie starring Sean Penn was the author trying to find with his mother in the essay "Ghost"?
(a) I Am Sam.
(b) Mystic River.
(c) Dead Man Walking.
(d) Milk.

4. Where did the author attend elementary and high school?
(a) New Brunswick, New Jersey.
(b) New Hope, Pennsylvania.
(c) Trenton, New Jersey.
(d) Levittown, Pennsylvania.

5. Where does the author describe being on his way to for a reading in "Umbrella in the Cafe"?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) New Brunswick.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Trenton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season does the author describe it being the first day of in "Infinity"?

2. The author describes being on an airplane between Indianapolis and where in "Tap Tap"?

3. On what street in Chinatown does the author describe seeing two people sharing a bag in "Sharing a Bag"?

4. Where does the author describe walking back to his lodging in a castle in "Blowing it Off"?

5. Where does the author describe his brother's first house in "Weirdly Untitled"?

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