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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 5:00 A.M.: Writing as Ritual.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to "How to Get a Baby", what should the woman do when she sees the form of her baby?
(a) Run to it.
(b) Close her eyes.
(c) Sit still.
(d) Call it.

2. Why did the author decide to wake up at 5 A.M.?
(a) To paint.
(b) To exercise.
(c) To do chores.
(d) To write.

3. What is the girl's father doing in "The Lesson of the Sugarcane"?
(a) Selling repaired flat tires.
(b) Testing new tires.
(c) Making a tire swing.
(d) Changing a flat tire.

4. In "By Love Betrayed", what does the girl say that she remembers most about her father?
(a) His smile.
(b) His laugh.
(c) His smell.
(d) His eyes.

5. How does the girl feel about living in the city?
(a) She doesn't really care.
(b) She makes fun of it.
(c) She hates it.
(d) She loves it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl watch out her bedroom window in "American History"?

2. At the end of "Letter from a Caribbean Island", what does Marina say she finally knows?

3. Where has Olga been banished to?

4. What does the girl see at Juan de Dios's funeral that makes her run out?

5. Why did the girl dress up in "The Changeling"?

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