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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12: pages 133-141.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the author lay out school supplies in "Bittersweet"?
(a) New Years Day.
(b) Each August.
(c) Just before Christmas.
(d) Every two weeks.

2. In "Food. Music. Memory." the author recalls shouting Scotch and what as the negative things?
(a) Fists.
(b) Sticks.
(c) Boots.
(d) Belts.

3. Who wrote "First Grade"?
(a) Roger Jones.
(b) Herberto Padilla.
(c) Robert Dana.
(d) Bill Meissner.

4. Who is the author of the poem titled "Divorce"?
(a) Brian Andreas.
(b) Andy Young.
(c) Jack Gilbert.
(d) Quintin Prout.

5. What poem of Rolf Jacobsen's is included in the collection?
(a) "It Was Here."
(b) "Breath."
(c) "Silence."
(d) "The Question."

Short Answer Questions

1. In Rosellen Brown's untitled poem, who asks what friends are for?

2. In "Almost Evenly Divided," the author's life is nearly evenly divided between being Puerto-Rican and a what?

3. In "Divorce," the author wakes suddenly and hears what?

4. What is an artistic representation of an abstract quality or idea as a person?

5. "Thinking of What the Jury is Deliberating" was written by whom?

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