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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 52 - 68.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song is described in "Donny Hathaway on Pandora"?
(a) "Come Back as a Flower."
(b) "For All We Know."
(c) "Myself."
(d) "LSD."

2. From a poem by whom does the author describe learning that pigs cannot look up in "Found Things"?
(a) Renee Gladman.
(b) Ben Lerner.
(c) Thomas Lux.
(d) C.D. Wright.

3. With what disease had Walt been diagnosed seven years prior, according to the author in "Remission Still"?
(a) Pancreatic cancer.
(b) High blood pressure.
(c) Liver cancer.
(d) Leukemia.

4. In whose yard does the author describe the bird landing in "Not Only..."?
(a) Ivan's.
(b) Ingrid's.
(c) Pat's.
(d) Michael's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author initially think that the man lying down was fiddling with in "Public Lying Down"?

2. Where did Vertus Hardiman grow up?

3. Who is Stephanie's daughter that is described in the narrative of "Annoyed No More"?

4. The author describes the Asian Market in Levittown, Pennsylvania, as being at the corner of Durham and what street in "Botan Rice Candy"?

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

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