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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. Where does Naomi Shihab Nye live?
(a) Flagstaff, Arizona.
(b) Pueblo, Colorado.
(c) Salt Lake City, Utah.
(d) San Antonio, Texas.

2. Who is the author of "The Colors of Another Home"?
(a) Yamanoguchi Baku.
(b) John Phillip Santos.
(c) Susan V. Meyers.
(d) Cyrus Cassells.

3. Who wrote the poem "Sister"?
(a) Sekine Hiroshi.
(b) Catherine Bowman.
(c) Andy Young.
(d) Ali Abunimah.

4. What is the coat lined with in "My Father's Coat"?
(a) Feathers.
(b) Plastic.
(c) Fish scales.
(d) Dog hair.

5. For whom is the poem "On the Suicide of a Young Boy I Did Not Know" written?
(a) Kaitlin and Jorie.
(b) Selma and Josephine.
(c) Jennifer and Bridgett.
(d) Becca and Rosa.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Tutu's hair described in "Tutu on the Curb"?

2. Who wrote the poem titled "Sudden"?

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

4. Who is the author of "Years of Solitude"?

5. In the Introduction by Naomi Shihab Nye, the author writes, "Losing makes us miserable, startles us awake. It's also" what?

(see the answer key)

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