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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. Who wrote the poem "Mindleaving"?
(a) Nuala Archer.
(b) Andy Young.
(c) Lucille Clifton.
(d) Hayan Charara.

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

3. Who wrote "Almost Evenly Divided"?
(a) Emma Suarez-Baez.
(b) Naomi Shihab Nye.
(c) Harriet Jacobs.
(d) Sandra Gail Teichmann.

4. In what poem by David Williams were his ancestors were thrown away as if they were nothing?
(a) "Kind."
(b) "Breath."
(c) "Driving."
(d) "Silence."

5. In Rosellen Brown's untitled poem, who asks what friends are for?
(a) Grandmother.
(b) Father.
(c) Mother.
(d) Uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the author lay out school supplies in "Bittersweet"?

2. In "Going Home," the author sees the addressee in where today?

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

4. What poem of Rolf Jacobsen's is included in the collection?

5. Who is the author of "That Kind of Marriage"?

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