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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12: pages 133-141.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of "Lens"?
(a) Hayan Charara.
(b) Tom Absher.
(c) Ken Fontenot.
(d) Kimberly J. Brown.

2. In "The New World," the author stared at the sculpture on the front lawn of what museum?
(a) The Montclair Art Museum.
(b) The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(c) The Museum of Scince and Indusrtry.
(d) The Guggenheim Museum.

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

4. "Battleground State Park" is written by whom?
(a) Martha Christina.
(b) Philip Appleman.
(c) Vittorio Bodini.
(d) Dionisio D. Martinez.

5. In "Passing Necessity," the author is humbled by hearing the first few bars of what song?
(a) Brahms's Hungarian Dances.
(b) Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
(c) Chopin's Scherzo in B minor.
(d) Vivaldi's Mandolin Concerto.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "What the Stones Knew"?

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

3. In "Food. Music. Memory." the author recalls shouting Scotch and what as the negative things?

4. Who wrote "Shedding Skin"?

5. Who wrote the poem "Dedication"?

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