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

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

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

4. "Mother's Day" was written by whom?
(a) Daisy Zamora.
(b) Roger Jones.
(c) Sandra Gail Teichmann.
(d) Lisa Ruth Shulman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "At Home"?

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

3. Who is the author of "and sometimes i hear this song in my head"?

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

5. Who is the author of "The Wren"?

(see the answer key)

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