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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. What poem did Siv Cedering contribute to the collection?
(a) "Silence."
(b) "The Question."
(c) "The Changeling."
(d) "Driving."

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

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

4. What does the author find when he flees, trying to stay alone in "Simple Song of Being Oneself"?
(a) Truth and danger.
(b) Fortune and kindness.
(c) Lies and pain.
(d) Death and fear.

5. What poem by Haas H. Mroue is included in the collection?
(a) "It Was Here."
(b) "Driving."
(c) "The Mentalist Leaves the Stage."
(d) "The Changeling."

Short Answer Questions

1. The author sees the ghosts of whom in "The House at 5 Allende Street"?

2. In "Aqueducts," the author imagines the aqueducts where?

3. Whose dad tipped the boat in "The Father, Who Could Not Swim"?

4. When did the author lay out school supplies in "Bittersweet"?

5. In "Stranded," the beloved's name drips from the author's what?

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