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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What song from Jamila Woods's album HEAVN does the author describe in "Stacking Delights"?
(a) "LSD."
(b) "The Crime."
(c) "Ex-Votos."
(d) "Myself."

5. What fruit did the author's friend Walt reference in a text message described in the essay "Remission Still"?
(a) Banana.
(b) Pawpaw.
(c) Kiwi.
(d) Breadfruit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through what city's airport does the author describe walking in "To Spread the Sweetness of Love"?

2. Where does the author describe his mother's home in "Airplane Rituals"?

3. Where is the author's house that he describes in "Among the Rewards of My Sloth..."?

4. What movie starring Sean Penn was the author trying to find with his mother in the essay "Ghost"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you describe the narrative style in "My Birthday, Kinda"?

2. How does the author describe the bellhop in "Beast Mode"?

3. What does the word "negreeting" refer to in "The Negreeting"?

4. What central symbolism is seen in "Lily on the Pants"? What does it represent?

5. What is the setting of "Praying Mantis"? What atmosphere does it evoke?

6. Who is the main subject in the essay "That's Some Bambi Shit..."?

7. What attributes to inefficiency does the author declare in "Inefficiency"?

8. How is Don Belton described in "Flower in the Curb"?

9. How is the setting of "Tap Tap" described? What is notable about this setting?

10. What song is the center of the author's discussion in "To Spread the Sweetness of Love"? Why?

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