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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 was no one at the bridge, according to the speaker, in "Skinny Dipping"?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Fun.
(d) Young.

2. In "Dear Peter," what book does the speaker find in the reading room?
(a) Love and Hate.
(b) Farringdon.
(c) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
(d) Helios.

3. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what does the speaker wear?
(a) A wedding dress on backwards.
(b) A backwards hat.
(c) A ring.
(d) A bracelet.

4. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what is nobody free without first doing?
(a) Breaking open.
(b) Winning.
(c) Eating.
(d) Hearing someone else for the first time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following phrases does Vuong identify as toxic in "Old Glory"?

2. In "Snow Theory," what does the speaker think of when he dog-ears the book?

3. What does the speaker remember doing with his mother in the snow in "Snow Theory"?

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

5. In "You Guys," what does the speaker swear to do at the end of the poem?

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