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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what friend does the author describe chatting for an hour today in "Incorporation"?
(a) Walton.
(b) Michael.
(c) Pat.
(d) Jack.

2. What did the author initially think that the man lying down was fiddling with in "Public Lying Down"?
(a) A dog.
(b) A cat.
(c) A car engine.
(d) A desk leg.

3. What tree blossoms does the author describe as smelling like lemons in "The Purple Cornets of Spring"?
(a) Magnolia.
(b) Lilac.
(c) Apple.
(d) Black locust.

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. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the author use to describe the smell of the train cafe in "The Sanctity of Trains"?

2. What kind of car does the author describe his father driving in "Inefficiency"?

3. What movie about the Supreme Court case that banned the ban on interracial marriage does the author describe in "Weirdly Untitled"?

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

5. Who wrote the book of essays titled Calamities?

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