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

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

3. Who wrote the poem "Mindleaving"?
(a) Andy Young.
(b) Nuala Archer.
(c) Lucille Clifton.
(d) Hayan Charara.

4. Who is the author of "my lost father"?
(a) Lucille Clifton.
(b) Robert Phillips.
(c) Teresa Palomo Acosta.
(d) Geoff Ripps.

5. In "This Isn't Fair," the author's beloved leaves the room when he asks if she loves him, but he calls her back frantically to give her what?
(a) A poem.
(b) A book.
(c) A ring.
(d) An explanation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poem of Memye Curtis Tucker's is included in the collection?

2. Who is the author of "Letter to an Ancestor"?

3. What is punctuation in the air in the poem "Insurance"?

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

5. "Other Lives" is by what author?

(see the answer key)

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