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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Whatever Mysterious Starlight That Guided You This Far.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poet does Sugar recommend to the graduates she addresses?
(a) Joy Harjo.
(b) Rita Dove.
(c) Ada Limón.
(d) Gloria Bird.

2. Who provides the introduction to Tiny Beautiful Things?
(a) Strayed.
(b) Almond.
(c) Fitzgerald
(d) Elliott.

3. What novelist does Sugar recommend to the graduates she addresses?
(a) Richard Wright.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) Zora Neale Hurston.
(d) Ralph Ellison.

4. Which of the following does Sugar reference?
(a) Linuccia Saba.
(b) Francesco Rosi.
(c) Carlo Levi.
(d) Rocco Scotellaro.

5. Approximately how many letter-writers respond to Sugar’s responses?
(a) 1/3.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 1/4.
(d) 2/3.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the first writer whose letter is addressed in the book?

3. Which of the following magazines is the respondent’s husband reported to read?

4. From what city does Abbie write?

5. What childhood game does Sugar reference?

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