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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Not Even - Künstlerroman, Pages 45 - 74).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Skinny Dipping," what does the speaker want to do?
(a) Find a new job.
(b) Eat ice cream.
(c) Leap from the bridge.
(d) Make snow.

2. In "Dear Sara," what does Sara's name sharpen against?
(a) Her anger.
(b) The leaves.
(c) The marble of her mother's teeth.
(d) Her friendship.

3. In "Not Even," what does the speaker "throw himself" into?
(a) His job.
(b) Helplessness.
(c) Pain.
(d) Gravity.

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

5. In "Snow Theory," what does the speaker say we will always have?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Something we found.
(c) Hope.
(d) Something we lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Rise and Shine," what does the speaker steal money to do?

2. In "Künstlerroman," what is the name of the dog the speaker lost?

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

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

5. What does the speaker in "Skinny Dipping" think the fall will do to him?

(see the answer key)

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