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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 Father, Who Could Not Swim"?
(a) Lisa Brandenburg.
(b) Bill Meissner.
(c) David Hassler.
(d) Dionisio D. Martinez.

2. What gets lost in the dark in "Dedication"?
(a) A child.
(b) A dog.
(c) Poems.
(d) Shoes.

3. Donna Leed's untitled poem talks of how she never saw the road between her house and her grandmother's house why?
(a) It was flooded.
(b) The headlights went dim.
(c) It was snow covered.
(d) She always fell asleep in the car.

4. Who wrote "First Grade"?
(a) Roger Jones.
(b) Bill Meissner.
(c) Herberto Padilla.
(d) Robert Dana.

5. In "Travelling Light," the author wants "nothing more anymore only wind stroking waves onto" what?
(a) "Jagged rocks."
(b) "Sandy beaches."
(c) "A distant shore."
(d) "A mangrove forest."

Short Answer Questions

1. "What Gets Lost/Lo Que Se Pierde" is written by whom?

2. Where does Naomi Shihab Nye live?

3. Mom threw out the author's what in "Emergency Situation"?

4. Who wrote the poem titled "Stranded"?

5. Who wrote "Almost Evenly Divided"?

(see the answer key)

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