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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 "The Bull," where does the bull appear?
(a) The race track.
(b) The lake.
(c) The dog house.
(d) The backyard.

2. In "Reasons for Staying," what sounds "like footsteps" when you play it?
(a) The guitar.
(b) The broken piano under a bridge in Windsor.
(c) The flute.
(d) The window.

3. In "The Bull," how does Vuong describe the bull's eyes?
(a) Purple.
(b) Kerosene-blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

4. In "Woodworking at the End of the World," what is left in the field?
(a) A bull.
(b) A piece of jewelry.
(c) A streetlamp.
(d) A fence.

5. In "The Bull," what does the speaker not want the bull to be?
(a) Angry.
(b) White.
(c) Hungry.
(d) Beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker wear that belongs to Peter in "Dear Peter"?

2. In "Not Even," what does the speaker remember seeing from an Amtrak train in Iowa?

3. In "Not Even," why does a young woman once tell the speaker he is "lucky"?

4. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what does the speaker do with his one short beautiful life?

5. In "Nothing," what does Peter's grandmother survive?

(see the answer key)

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