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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter and Part I: It Was Always Only Us.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who provides the preface to the tenth anniversary edition of the book?
(a) Strayed.
(b) Almond.
(c) Fitzgerald.
(d) Elliott.

2. What is noted as “the essential work of literary art” (8)?
(a) To make people work harder.
(b) To make people less human.
(c) To make people more human.
(d) To make people buy more.

3. Which of the following authors did Sugar have posted on a chalkboard?
(a) Faulkner.
(b) McCullers.
(c) Percy.
(d) O'Connor.

4. What childhood game does Sugar reference?
(a) Mary Worth.
(b) Red Rover.
(c) Stiff as a Board.
(d) The Answering Man.

5. To whom is the book dedicated?
(a) Joseph Fitzpatrick.
(b) Jacob Fitzchivarly.
(c) Abraham Fitzroy.
(d) Isaac Fitzgerald.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Sugar note being when she lived in London?

2. What city is Strayed reported to live?

3. What was the last word Sugar's mother said to her?

4. Which of Eudora Welty's works does Sugar quote?

5. How old does Sugar note being when her parents divorced?

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