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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 "Beautiful Short Loser," where does the speaker leave some blood?
(a) On the bone-colored fence.
(b) On his scarf.
(c) On the grass.
(d) On his jeans.

2. In "Künstlerroman," what is one tragic scene the speaker revisits?
(a) A fire in his old apartment.
(b) A car accident.
(c) A lynching.
(d) His son's funeral.

3. In "Not Even," what does the speaker say a morgue can also be?
(a) A community center.
(b) An omen.
(c) A library.
(d) A church.

4. What does the speaker remember doing with his mother in the snow in "Snow Theory"?
(a) Crying.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Drinking hot chocolate.
(d) Making an angel.

5. In "Dear T," why is T smiling as he and the speakers are boys?
(a) They will die soon.
(b) They just might get out of the world alive.
(c) The stars are just stars.
(d) They have a lot of years to live.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Not Even," what does napalm have?

3. In "American Legend," what does the speaker's father often like to drink?

4. In "Dear Sara," what does Sara question?

5. In "Ars Poetica as the Maker," what does the speaker dip his fingers back into?

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