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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 "I Give You Back"?
(a) Joy Harjo.
(b) Jane Hirshfield.
(c) Nicanor Parra.
(d) Tina Letcher.

2. Who is the author of "Bittersweet"?
(a) Harriet Jacobs.
(b) Emma Mellon.
(c) Nancy Mairs.
(d) Lavonne J. Adams.

3. Who wrote "The Memory Prayer"?
(a) Frances Richard.
(b) John Phillip Santos.
(c) Fran Castan.
(d) Diana Der-Hovanessian.

4. What is an artistic representation of an abstract quality or idea as a person?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Personification.

5. Who is the author of "That Kind of Marriage"?
(a) Vern Rutsala.
(b) James Baker Hall.
(c) John Sangster.
(d) Hayan Charara.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "my lost father"?

2. In "The New World," the author stared at the sculpture on the front lawn of what museum?

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

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

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

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