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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Dear Rose - Woodworking at the End of the World, Pages 96 - 113).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Dear T," why is T smiling as he and the speakers are boys?
(a) They have a lot of years to live.
(b) They just might get out of the world alive.
(c) They will die soon.
(d) The stars are just stars.

2. In "Ars Poetica as the Maker," what book of the Bible does Vuong quote from?
(a) Revelations.
(b) Corinthians.
(c) Aftermath.
(d) Genesis.

3. In "Dear Sara," how old is Sara?
(a) 10.
(b) 19.
(c) 7.
(d) 32.

4. In "Not Even," where does the speaker get off of the Amtrak train?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Helena.
(c) Indianapolis.
(d) Missoula.

5. What does the speaker compare his name to in "Skinny Dipping"?
(a) A vegetable.
(b) A piece of meat.
(c) The past tense.
(d) The future.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Nothing," what do the speaker and his partner do together?

2. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what is nobody free without first doing?

3. What is Old Glory a nickname for in the poem by the same title?

4. In "The Last Dinosaurs," what do the dinosaur's eyes have?

5. In "Dear Sara," what is the shade of Sara's shoes?

(see the answer key)

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