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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Notes and Acknowledgments.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” an actor describes how they were given paper to draw what?
(a) Pictures of their families.
(b) Their favorite animal.
(c) A map to their favorite place.
(d) The atrocities they experienced.

2. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” how much money did a man say he raised to free himself and his wife?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $200.
(d) $1,000.

3. The sections in italics in “I Will Tell You the Truth about This, I Will Tell You All” are from what sources?
(a) Very few sources.
(b) A few different ones.
(c) One source.
(d) Many different ones.

4. “The Greatest Personal Privation” and “Unwritten” come from letters written between whom?
(a) The Mary and Charles Colcock Jones family.
(b) Mary Jones and her sister.
(c) The Jones family and their slaves.
(d) The Jones family slaves.

5. The character in "Hill Country" comes down the road in his jeep with the windows rolled down. Why?
(a) So he can air out his smelly jeep.
(b) So he can smell the fresh air.
(c) So he can feel the branches as they brush against the vehicle and himself.
(d) So he can call out the windows to passersby.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "4 ½," the speaker describes a little girl who is either found asleep with her stuffed animals in the morning or doing what?

2. Who is the character in "Hill Country" revealed to be?

3. In “Watershed,” what causes multiple deformities in animals and humans?

4. In "The World is Your Beautiful Younger Sister," the world is compared to what?

5. How does "Ghazal" end?

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