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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the sick child who was removed from the camp with his family in “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?
(a) He dies, and his father buries him.
(b) He is treated by the Army physician and heals.
(c) He survives for a few more months.
(d) He is ill but arrives at the family's new home safely.

2. In “New Road Station,” what is history?
(a) The voice on the radio.
(b) A bus that is about to take off.
(c) Asleep in a tomb or in a bomb.
(d) All answers are correct.

3. Why are sentences left incomplete in "Declaration"?
(a) To leave it to the reader to fill in the blank of what has been stolen or destroyed.
(b) To reveal how the lives of the characters are incomplete.
(c) To confuse the reader.
(d) To show the confusion of the speaker.

4. In "Ghazal," to what does the speaker compare to the stealing of someone’s name?
(a) Pickpocketing a naive tourist.
(b) Attacking and robbing someone at gunpoint.
(c) Working in the fields and stripping the stalks of stolen crops.
(d) Stealing money from a bank or precious jewels from a safe.

5. How are the angels described in "The Angels"?
(a) White and glittering.
(b) Much like most of humanity.
(c) Grizzled and in leather bike gear.
(d) Poor and in rags.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Declaration," the people have reminded those in power of how they came to live in this nation, taken captive where?

2. The speaker of "Deadly" says that those who are holy imagine a strong beast that attacks and kills what?

3. In "Ash," the speaker says the house that is made of skin and bones does not believe what?

4. In "Beatific," the speaker watches a bow-legged man in black sweatpants slowly do what?

5. The character in "Hill Country" can almost believe in what?

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