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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 "Reasons for Staying," what does the speaker's mother apply before heading to chemo?
(a) Lipstick.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A coat.
(d) Blush.

2. In "Not Even," why does a young woman once tell the speaker he is "lucky"?
(a) He is gay and he gets to write about "war and stuff."
(b) He is brilliant.
(c) He is young.
(d) He is limitless.

3. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what is the first indication that the worker is undergoing cancer treatment?
(a) Chemo anti-nausea medication.
(b) "Chemo-glam cotton headscarf."
(c) Chemo injection syringes.
(d) A book about chemo.

4. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," what does the speaker "cut his teeth on"?
(a) Meat.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) The "good sin."
(d) Cheese.

5. In "The Last Dinosaurs," what does the speaker eat?
(a) Dirt.
(b) The apple.
(c) Only vegetables.
(d) Meat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Tell Me Something Good," what does the speaker's mother's boyfriend smell like?

2. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," where does the speaker play the piano?

3. In "No One Knows the Way to Heaven," where did Evan shoot himself?

4. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," what does the boy do after his sifts at McDonald's?

5. In "American Legend," what is the dog's name?

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