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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) Angel Gonzales.
(d) Joy Harjo.

2. Who does the author meet at a crossroads in "I Myself"?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) Himself.
(d) His grandmother.

3. Who wrote the poem "Dedication"?
(a) Jim Natal.
(b) Martha Christina.
(c) Lisa Ruth Shulman.
(d) Sandra Gail Teichmann.

4. Who wrote "What the Stones Knew"?
(a) Anzar Hitoshi.
(b) Harryette Mullen.
(c) Lisa Ruth Shulman.
(d) Robert Dana.

5. Who wrote "The Ants Are Using Sticks For Walls"?
(a) Martha Christina.
(b) Ken Fontenot.
(c) Sandra Gail Teichmann.
(d) Emma Suarez-Baez.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poem did Siv Cedering contribute to the collection?

2. Where does Naomi Shihab Nye live?

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

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

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

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