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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 Ants Are Using Sticks For Walls," ten-year-old girls want to be how old?
(a) 18.
(b) 14.
(c) 21.
(d) 16.

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

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

4. What poem did Leonard Nathan write in the collection?
(a) "The Changeling."
(b) "Driving."
(c) "Kind."
(d) "It Was Here."

5. Who wrote "The Father, Who Could Not Swim"?
(a) Bill Meissner.
(b) David Hassler.
(c) Lisa Brandenburg.
(d) Dionisio D. Martinez.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Battleground State Park" is written by whom?

3. Where does Naomi Shihab Nye live?

4. Who wrote "Almost Evenly Divided"?

5. Who is the author of "Song of the Prodigal Son"?

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