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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9: pages 96-107.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of "Words My Friend Can't Bring Himself to Say"?
(a) Cyrus Cassells.
(b) Dwight Fullingim.
(c) Jack Brannon.
(d) Quintin Prout.

2. In "Sudden," the newspaper might have used the word "massive" if it had been a heart attack, but it used what instead?
(a) "Enormous."
(b) "Suddenly."
(c) "Fatal."
(d) "Debilitating."

3. Who wrote "The Ants Are Using Sticks For Walls"?
(a) Sandra Gail Teichmann.
(b) Ken Fontenot.
(c) Martha Christina.
(d) Emma Suarez-Baez.

4. Donna Leed's untitled poem talks of how she never saw the road between her house and her grandmother's house why?
(a) It was flooded.
(b) She always fell asleep in the car.
(c) It was snow covered.
(d) The headlights went dim.

5. "Last-Minute Message for a Time Capsule" is written by whom?
(a) Angel Gonzales.
(b) Herberto Padilla.
(c) Kimberly J. Brown.
(d) Philip Appleman.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author sees the ghosts of whom in "The House at 5 Allende Street"?

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

3. Who is the author of "Lens"?

4. What poem did Siv Cedering contribute to the collection?

5. Whose dad tipped the boat in "The Father, Who Could Not Swim"?

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