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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 Stevie Wonder song does the author describe in the beginning of "To Spread the Sweetness of Love"?
(a) "Myself."
(b) "For All We Know."
(c) "LSD."
(d) "Come Back as a Flower."

2. What birds does the author describe in his chest in the end of "Repent or Burn"?
(a) Hummingbirds.
(b) Herons.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Titmice.

3. What book is did the author have open in "Praying Mantis"?
(a) Ulysses.
(b) When Women Were Birds.
(c) No One Knows My Name.
(d) The Underground.

4. Where is the author's house that he describes in "Among the Rewards of My Sloth..."?
(a) Los Angeles, California.
(b) Bloomington, Indiana.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) New York, New York.

5. What drug was introduced about five years into Walt's illness, leading to a remission for him?
(a) Restic.
(b) Glivec.
(c) Antidan.
(d) Virtec.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in New York does the author describe the cafe where he had coffee in "Coffee without the Saucer"?

2. To what does the author compare the size of the brush pile in his yard in "Among the Rewards of My Sloth..."?

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

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

5. What is the name of the cafe the author describes in "Coffee without the Saucer"?

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