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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the vegetarian cafe the author's partner opened?
(a) The Beet.
(b) Pulp.
(c) The Flour Sack.
(d) The Fox.

2. What kind of cuttings does the author describe smuggling in "Transplanting"?
(a) Oak trees.
(b) Peach trees.
(c) Fig trees.
(d) Walnut trees.

3. Where in New York does the author describe the cafe where he had coffee in "Coffee without the Saucer"?
(a) The Lower East Side.
(b) Harlem.
(c) SoHo.
(d) Greenwich Village.

4. What color is the infinity scarf that is described in "Infinity"?
(a) Lavender.
(b) Ivory.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

5. Who is the toddler described by the author that puts her hands around his finger in "The Irrepressible: The Gratitudes"?
(a) Auri.
(b) Zadie.
(c) Emily.
(d) Paul.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the Duino Elegies?

2. When is the essay "Airplane Rituals" dated?

3. What does "bene' mean, according to the author in "Nota Bene" (98)?

4. In "Hole in the Head," the author offers the following as an example of what literary device? "I need to be fired like I need a hole in my head" (14).

5. What is the flower colored mostly that the author describes in "Flower in the Curb"?

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