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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 wrote "The Higher Reaches"?
(a) Ken Fontenot.
(b) Nick Flynn.
(c) Bruce Bennett.
(d) Jack Gilbert.

2. Who is the author going to visit in "The Lost Glove Is Happy"?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her mother.

3. Who sits in the top bunk late at night in "Nine"?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Robert.
(d) Michael.

4. Who wrote "Leaving the Light On"?
(a) Jack Myers.
(b) Lucille Clifton.
(c) Alastair Reid.
(d) Philip Appleman.

5. Donna Leed's untitled poem talks of how she never saw the road between her house and her grandmother's house why?
(a) The headlights went dim.
(b) It was snow covered.
(c) It was flooded.
(d) She always fell asleep in the car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the poem "Fame"?

2. "Other Lives" is by what author?

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

4. Who wrote "The Lost Glove Is Happy"?

5. Who is the author of "The Colors of Another Home"?

(see the answer key)

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