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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: pages 58-69.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "My Father in the Stacks"?
(a) David Hassler.
(b) Lisa Ruth Shulman.
(c) Jim Natal.
(d) Hal Sirowitz.

2. In "Naming," the author has lost the meaning of words, but she still knows the meaning of sugar and what?
(a) Spices.
(b) Salt.
(c) Flour.
(d) Pine needle.

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

4. Who sits in the top bunk late at night in "Nine"?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Robert.
(d) Michael.

5. Where does Naomi Shihab Nye live?
(a) San Antonio, Texas.
(b) Pueblo, Colorado.
(c) Flagstaff, Arizona.
(d) Salt Lake City, Utah.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Battleground State Park" is written by whom?

2. In what poem by David Williams were his ancestors were thrown away as if they were nothing?

3. Who wrote "The Higher Reaches"?

4. Who wrote "First Grade"?

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

(see the answer key)

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