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

2. Who wrote "Emergency Situation"?
(a) Hal Sirowitz.
(b) Herberto Padilla.
(c) Barbara McCauley.
(d) Robert Dana.

3. In what poem by David Williams were his ancestors were thrown away as if they were nothing?
(a) "Breath."
(b) "Driving."
(c) "Silence."
(d) "Kind."

4. 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 book.
(b) A ring.
(c) An explanation.
(d) A poem.

5. In "Benavides, Texas, 1906," a two-month-old newspaper warns ranchers to expect relatives due to what?
(a) A drought.
(b) A flood.
(c) An upcoming holiday.
(d) The war in Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Almost Evenly Divided," the author's life is nearly evenly divided between being Puerto-Rican and a what?

2. In "Going Home," the author sees the addressee in where today?

3. What kind of tree does the author climb in "Leaving the Light On"?

4. "A Serenade" is written by whom?

5. Who is the author of "That Kind of Marriage"?

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