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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. In "Divorce," the author wakes suddenly and hears what?
(a) Barking.
(b) Scratching.
(c) Yelling.
(d) Crying.

2. Where does the narrator of "That Kind of Marriage" sleep?
(a) In the dog house.
(b) In the garage.
(c) Upstairs.
(d) In the basement.

3. In "Almost Evenly Divided," the author's life is nearly evenly divided between being Puerto-Rican and a what?
(a) Bostonian.
(b) Chicagoan.
(c) New Yorker.
(d) San Franciscan.

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

5. In "Going Home," the author sees the addressee in where today?
(a) The airport.
(b) The bus station.
(c) The train station.
(d) Hailing a cab.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of the poem "Insurance"?

2. What is the name of the narrator's son in "Tough Ride"?

3. In "Thinking of What the Jury is Deliberating," the author wants the man to spend the rest of his life in a cell with what on the wall?

4. In "Child Proof," the author writes, "Child is proof We come from somewhere else Where everyone" what?

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

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