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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 "Leaving the Light On"?
(a) Philip Appleman.
(b) Lucille Clifton.
(c) Alastair Reid.
(d) Jack Myers.

2. What can the author remember clearly of the children of his first grade class in "First Grade"?
(a) Their names.
(b) Their stories.
(c) Their handwriting.
(d) Their faces.

3. In "Waking Instructions," the author writes that one should allow oneself to be different, but it will feel like falling attached to what?
(a) Running.
(b) Waiting.
(c) Moving.
(d) Lying.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Aqueducts," the author imagines the aqueducts where?

2. Who wrote the poem "Orange Juice"?

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

4. Who wrote the poem titled "Sudden"?

5. Who is the author of "Song of the Prodigal Son"?

(see the answer key)

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