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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) Jim Natal.
(b) Lisa Ruth Shulman.
(c) Hal Sirowitz.
(d) David Hassler.

2. In "Shedding Skin," what does the author rub against?
(a) A rock.
(b) A tree.
(c) A bear.
(d) A glacier.

3. In "The New World," the author stared at the sculpture on the front lawn of what museum?
(a) The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(b) The Montclair Art Museum.
(c) The Museum of Scince and Indusrtry.
(d) The Guggenheim Museum.

4. "Last-Minute Message for a Time Capsule" is written by whom?
(a) Kimberly J. Brown.
(b) Angel Gonzales.
(c) Herberto Padilla.
(d) Philip Appleman.

5. In "Aqueducts," the author imagines the aqueducts where?
(a) Eastern Germany.
(b) Northern Italy.
(c) Southern Italy.
(d) Western Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Almost Evenly Divided"?

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

3. Who is the author of "That Was the Summer We Had Animals"?

4. Who wrote "Taking My Son to His First Day of Kindergarten"?

5. To whom is "What Great Grief Has Made the Empress Mute" dedicated?

(see the answer key)

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