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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What phrase is denoted in all-caps in "Stacking Delights"?
(a) SLATE OF DELIGHTS.
(b) CALAMITIES.
(c) DAILY DELIGHT.
(d) TEMPORAL ALLEGIANCE.

4. What kind of car does the author describe his father driving in "Inefficiency"?
(a) A Jeep.
(b) A Ford Escort.
(c) A Toyota Corolla.
(d) A Nissan Murado.

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

6. Through what city's airport does the author describe walking in "To Spread the Sweetness of Love"?
(a) Houston.
(b) Denver.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Los Angeles.

7. Who does the author describe tapping him on the arm in "Tap Tap"?
(a) A flight attendant.
(b) A male passenger.
(c) An infant.
(d) A female passenger.

8. Where does the author describe his mother's home in "Airplane Rituals"?
(a) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
(b) Trenton, New Jersey.
(c) New Hope, Pennsylvania.
(d) Hershey, Pennsylvania.

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

10. What store does the author describe the woman exiting with her kids in "Lily on the Pants"?
(a) Wal-Mart.
(b) Holiday Market.
(c) Target.
(d) Salvation Army.

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

12. Who wrote New Jim Crow?
(a) Derek Walcott.
(b) Michelle Alexander.
(c) Ben Lerner.
(d) Jena Osman.

13. What is the name of the vegetarian cafe the author's partner opened?
(a) The Fox.
(b) Pulp.
(c) The Beet.
(d) The Flour Sack.

14. Who was the author's friend that lived across from the graveyard and was later murdered in the essay "Flower in the Curb"?
(a) Don Belton.
(b) Jason Harris.
(c) Jack Morris.
(d) Roger Wilson.

15. What was tested on Vertus Hardiman?
(a) The flu vaccine.
(b) The polio vaccine.
(c) Asbestos.
(d) Radiation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe on his socks in "Reading Palms"?

2. Who wrote the book of essays titled Calamities?

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

4. Who is the main subject of the essay "Baby, Baby, Baby"?

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

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