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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 13: pages 142-151.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Each Night," images in dreams flash and fade in these darkened walls, and the author wants to climb into what?
(a) A spaceship.
(b) The story.
(c) A car.
(d) Bed.

2. What poem of Memye Curtis Tucker's is included in the collection?
(a) "Driving."
(b) "The Changeling."
(c) "Silence."
(d) "The Mentalist Leaves the Stage."

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

4. In "Aqueducts," the author imagines the aqueducts where?
(a) Eastern Germany.
(b) Southern Italy.
(c) Northern Italy.
(d) Western Germany.

5. Who wrote "What We Want"?
(a) Vern Rutsala.
(b) Maggie Anderson.
(c) Vickie Karp.
(d) Lucille Clifton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Waking Instructions"?

2. In the Introduction by Naomi Shihab Nye, the author writes, "Losing makes us miserable, startles us awake. It's also" what?

3. To whom is "What Great Grief Has Made the Empress Mute" dedicated?

4. Who is the author of "Bittersweet"?

5. In "Almost Evenly Divided," the author's life is nearly evenly divided between being Puerto-Rican and a what?

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