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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 "American Legend," what do the speaker and his father do for the first time?
(a) Cry.
(b) Shout.
(c) Hug.
(d) Laugh.

2. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what is everywhere inside the speaker's head?
(a) War.
(b) Love.
(c) Peace.
(d) Hate.

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

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

5. What does the speaker in "Skinny Dipping" think the fall will do to him?
(a) Injure him.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Make his dreams come true.
(d) Heal him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Not Even," what does the speaker say the word for weakness is in his language?

2. What do the houses do one by one in "Snow Theory"?

3. In "Künstlerroman," what is one tragic scene the speaker revisits?

4. In "The Last Dinosaurs," what do the dinosaur's eyes have?

5. In "Reasons for Staying," what is the speaker's "last address"?

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