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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. Mom threw out the author's what in "Emergency Situation"?
(a) Underwear.
(b) Baseball cards.
(c) Comic books.
(d) Fishing lures

3. In what poem by David Williams were his ancestors were thrown away as if they were nothing?
(a) "Breath."
(b) "Silence."
(c) "Kind."
(d) "Driving."

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

5. Who wrote "Simple Song of Being Oneself"?
(a) Vittorio Bodini.
(b) Philip Appleman.
(c) Barbara McCauley.
(d) David Hassler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "My Father in the Stacks"?

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

3. Who is the author of the poem "I Myself"?

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

5. Who is the author of "Lens"?

(see the answer key)

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