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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: pages 22-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the Introduction by Naomi Shihab Nye, the author leaves what behind on an airplane?
(a) Her neck pillow.
(b) Her jacket.
(c) Her purse.
(d) Her watch.

3. Who is the author of "The Wren"?
(a) Barbara McCauley.
(b) Emma Mellon.
(c) Linda Gregg.
(d) Dionisio D. Martinez.

4. "Battleground State Park" is written by whom?
(a) Philip Appleman.
(b) Dionisio D. Martinez.
(c) Martha Christina.
(d) Vittorio Bodini.

5. Who wrote "Shedding Skin"?
(a) Maggie Anderson.
(b) Linda Gregg.
(c) Harryette Mullen.
(d) Nancy Mairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the poem "Dedication"?

2. In "Waking Instructions," the author writes that one should allow oneself to be different, but it will feel like falling attached to what?

3. Who wrote "The Ants Are Using Sticks For Walls"?

4. Mom threw out the author's what in "Emergency Situation"?

5. Who wrote "The Father, Who Could Not Swim"?

(see the answer key)

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