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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: pages 33-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of "Song of the Prodigal Son"?
(a) Anzar Hitoshi.
(b) Herberto Padilla.
(c) Joy Harjo.
(d) Angel Gonzales.

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

3. 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) Death and fear.
(d) Fortune and kindness.

4. Who wrote "Almost Evenly Divided"?
(a) Emma Suarez-Baez.
(b) Harriet Jacobs.
(c) Naomi Shihab Nye.
(d) Sandra Gail Teichmann.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the poem "Nine"?

2. When did the author lay out school supplies in "Bittersweet"?

3. "Child Proof" is by what author?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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