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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: pages 70-71.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "The Higher Reaches"?
(a) Jack Gilbert.
(b) Ken Fontenot.
(c) Bruce Bennett.
(d) Nick Flynn.

2. In "Sudden," the newspaper might have used the word "massive" if it had been a heart attack, but it used what instead?
(a) "Suddenly."
(b) "Fatal."
(c) "Debilitating."
(d) "Enormous."

3. "Today I'll Sit Still" is written by whom?
(a) Hayan Charara.
(b) Jack Myers.
(c) Ernesto Trejo.
(d) Jimmy Santiago Baca.

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

5. What kind of tree does the author climb in "Leaving the Light On"?
(a) Pine tree.
(b) Apple tree.
(c) Redwood tree.
(d) Cherry tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Shedding Skin," what does the author rub against?

2. Who wrote "Almost Evenly Divided"?

3. In "Hitchhiker," the author sees a hitchhiker on the edge of town that is a pupil who stayed late after school to write loneliness and love where?

4. In "The Ants Are Using Sticks For Walls," ten-year-old girls want to be how old?

5. Who wrote "My Father in the Stacks"?

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