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

2. What does the father serve in "Battleground State Park"?
(a) Lobster tails.
(b) Cheeseburgers.
(c) Potato salad.
(d) Fish sticks.

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

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

5. Who does the author tell to write his name on everything that belongs to him in "What the Stones Knew"?
(a) His mother.
(b) His son.
(c) His daugter.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the poem "Orange Juice"?

2. What gets lost in the dark in "Dedication"?

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

4. Who is the author of "The New Blade"?

5. Who wrote "At Home"?

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