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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. In the Introduction by Naomi Shihab Nye, the author writes, "Losing makes us miserable, startles us awake. It's also" what?
(a) Inevitable.
(b) Sometimes fatal.
(c) A chance to learn.
(d) Part of the game.

2. Who is the author of "Years of Solitude"?
(a) Sandra Gail Teichmann.
(b) Jim Natal.
(c) Dionisio D. Martinez.
(d) David Hassler.

3. Who wrote "Naming"?
(a) James Baker Hall.
(b) Roger Jones.
(c) Lucille Clifton.
(d) Nancy Mairs.

4. Who wrote "At Home"?
(a) Jack Ridl.
(b) Vittorio Bodini.
(c) Sandra Gail Teichmann.
(d) Linda Gregg.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Last-Minute Message for a Time Capsule," the author writes, "we also had the righteous ones who worshiped the True Faith, and" what?

2. What poem did Leonard Nathan write in the collection?

3. In the Introduction by Naomi Shihab Nye, the author leaves what behind on an airplane?

4. Who sits in the top bunk late at night in "Nine"?

5. Who wrote "What the Stones Knew"?

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