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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Dear Rose - Woodworking at the End of the World, Pages 96 - 113).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Woodworking at the End of the World," what does the boy's voice sound like?
(a) His mother's.
(b) An old man's.
(c) His sister's.
(d) A bird's.

3. In "You Guys," what does the speaker and his friend celebrate?
(a) What would have been his friend's mother's 56th birthday.
(b) His birthday.
(c) His wedding.
(d) His friend's birthday.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the victims of the poorly-documented lynchings in "The Punctum"?

2. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what painkiller does the worker buy?

3. In "Künstlerroman," when does the speaker dance with his mother?

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

5. In "Nothing," what does Peter's grandmother survive?

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