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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. In the Introduction by Naomi Shihab Nye, the author writes, "Losing makes us miserable, startles us awake. It's also" what?
(a) A chance to learn.
(b) Part of the game.
(c) Inevitable.
(d) Sometimes fatal.

2. Who wrote "Taking My Son to His First Day of Kindergarten"?
(a) William Trowbridge.
(b) Anzar Hitoshi.
(c) Harryette Mullen.
(d) Herberto Padilla.

3. What does the author find when he flees, trying to stay alone in "Simple Song of Being Oneself"?
(a) Death and fear.
(b) Truth and danger.
(c) Lies and pain.
(d) Fortune and kindness.

4. In "Shedding Skin," what does the author rub against?
(a) A rock.
(b) A glacier.
(c) A tree.
(d) A bear.

5. Who wrote "What the Stones Knew"?
(a) Anzar Hitoshi.
(b) Lisa Ruth Shulman.
(c) Harryette Mullen.
(d) Robert Dana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the poem "Dedication"?

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

3. What gets lost in the dark in "Dedication"?

4. Who is the author of "That Was the Summer We Had Animals"?

5. Who wrote "Almost Evenly Divided"?

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