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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: pages 45-57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can the author remember clearly of the children of his first grade class in "First Grade"?
(a) Their faces.
(b) Their stories.
(c) Their names.
(d) Their handwriting.

2. Who is the author of "Song of the Prodigal Son"?
(a) Herberto Padilla.
(b) Anzar Hitoshi.
(c) Joy Harjo.
(d) Angel Gonzales.

3. Whose dad tipped the boat in "The Father, Who Could Not Swim"?
(a) Kaufman's.
(b) Robertson's.
(c) Ashley's.
(d) Johnson's.

4. In "Lens," the author wonders about the shouting in the house and why who must be watched?
(a) Mom.
(b) Sister.
(c) Dad.
(d) Brother.

5. Who wrote "My Father in the Stacks"?
(a) Jim Natal.
(b) David Hassler.
(c) Hal Sirowitz.
(d) Lisa Ruth Shulman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author find when he flees, trying to stay alone in "Simple Song of Being Oneself"?

2. In "Shedding Skin," what does the author rub against?

3. Who is the author of "Years of Solitude"?

4. Who wrote "Taking My Son to His First Day of Kindergarten"?

5. Who does the author meet at a crossroads in "I Myself"?

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