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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10: pages 108-119.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what poem by David Williams were his ancestors were thrown away as if they were nothing?
(a) "Breath."
(b) "Kind."
(c) "Driving."
(d) "Silence."

2. Who wrote "Simple Song of Being Oneself"?
(a) Barbara McCauley.
(b) Vittorio Bodini.
(c) David Hassler.
(d) Philip Appleman.

3. Who is the only person who lives in the town of "Benavides, Texas, 1906"?
(a) A rancher.
(b) A grocer.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A pilot.

4. In "Child Proof," the author writes, "Child is proof We come from somewhere else Where everyone" what?
(a) Walks.
(b) Runs.
(c) Flies.
(d) Drives.

5. In "Drifter, Owl, Mouse," the mouse prays inside what?
(a) The owl's talon's.
(b) A rock outcropping.
(c) The owl's beak.
(d) A tree trunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of the poem "Insurance"?

2. Who wrote "What We Want"?

3. What poem did Siv Cedering contribute to the collection?

4. Who does the author meet at a crossroads in "I Myself"?

5. Where did the narrator find his ancestor's name in "Letter to an Ancestor"?

(see the answer key)

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