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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 86 - 102.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the author's parents meet?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) New York.
(c) Guam.
(d) Chicago.

2. Who wrote A Room of One's Own?
(a) Virginia Woolf.
(b) C.D. Wright.
(c) Brian Blanchfield.
(d) Zadie Smith.

3. Where does the author describe walking over a bridge in "Caution: Bees on Bridge"?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Malvern.
(c) Middlebury.
(d) Cleveland.

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

5. Where did the author's friend Jack get him a blade while attending a scything conference in "My Scythe Jack"?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Ireland.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tree blossoms does the author describe as smelling like lemons in "The Purple Cornets of Spring"?

2. What was the first day the author skipped in writing an essay, according to his narrative in "Blowing it Off"?

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

4. What song is described in "Toto" as "a landmark in the genre of kinda racist but" (144)?

5. What store does the author describe the woman exiting with her kids in "Lily on the Pants"?

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