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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Reasons for Staying - Almost Human, Pages 75 - 95).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Tell Me Something Good," where will the speaker be if he opens his eyes?
(a) Back at his wedding.
(b) Back in his childhood bedroom under the blanket with yellow sailboats.
(c) Back in prison.
(d) Back in school.

2. In "American Legend," why does the speaker say he crashed the car?
(a) To hold his father and free his dog.
(b) He wanted to get attention.
(c) He did not do it on purpose.
(d) He wanted to feel pain.

3. In "No One Knows the Way to Heaven," where does the speaker see his own reflection?
(a) The window.
(b) A cup of coffee.
(c) The sky.
(d) The lake.

4. In "Reasons for Staying," what keeps burning in California?
(a) The sea.
(b) The books.
(c) The hills.
(d) The moors.

5. In "The Punctum," how does the speaker describe "the skill lodged in the gravedigger's hands"?
(a) As "the innocents."
(b) As "timeless."
(c) As often the same one "lodged behind your face."
(d) As "the original sin."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Dear Peter," where does the speaker think it is safe?

2. In "American Legend," who is the passenger in the car?

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

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

5. In "Not Even," what does the speaker decide he wants from now on at the end of the poem?

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