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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (The Bull - You Guys, Pages 1 - 21).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker in "Skinny Dipping" keep?
(a) His hope.
(b) His love for his mother.
(c) His friends.
(d) His sandwich.

2. In "Beautiful Short Loser," who does the speaker imagine sometimes when he cannot sleep?
(a) Michael Hynes.
(b) Van Gogh.
(c) Barishnikov.
(d) Jane Austen.

3. What is Old Glory a nickname for in the poem by the same title?
(a) A hitman.
(b) The American flag.
(c) The cumberbund.
(d) A car.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Dear Peter," what book does the speaker find in the reading room?

3. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what is everywhere inside the speaker's head?

4. What does winning look like to the speaker at the end of "Dear Peter"?

5. In "Beautiful Short Loser," where does the speaker leave some blood?

(see the answer key)

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