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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 35 - 51.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Paul.
(d) Emily.

2. Who is the graduate poetry workshop instructor described by the author in "Writing by Hand"?
(a) Jena Osman.
(b) Ben Lerner.
(c) Michelle Alexander.
(d) Derek Walcott.

3. What song from Jamila Woods's album HEAVN does the author describe in "Stacking Delights"?
(a) "LSD."
(b) "Myself."
(c) "The Crime."
(d) "Ex-Votos."

4. Who wrote the book of essays titled Proxies?
(a) Brian Blanchfield.
(b) Virginia Woolf.
(c) Ben Lerner.
(d) C.D. Wright.

5. Where does the author describe the scene in "Lily on the Pants"?
(a) New Hope, Pennsylvania.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
(d) Bershires, Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of plant does the author describe growing in the cracks of the sidewalk in "The Irrepressible: The Gratitudes"?

2. Where does the author describe the poetry reading in "Pecans"?

3. What is the first bird the author describes seeing being fed in "Bird Feeding"?

4. For about how many years were the author's parents married?

5. With what disease had Walt been diagnosed seven years prior, according to the author in "Remission Still"?

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