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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice," "Pretty Nancy," "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the newspapers that the author lists as one of the few that do not make her feel as though "the oxygen has been cut off from [her] brain tissue" (20)?
(a) The Wall Street Journal.
(b) The San Francisco Chronicle.
(c) The EastSide Reporter.
(d) The New York Times.

2. Among what other items does Joan's rejection letter sit in a drawer at her mother's house in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) Junk mail and old keys.
(b) Dead batteries and outdated electrical cords.
(c) Joan's journals and publications.
(d) Bridesmaid photographs and dried butterfly orchids.

3. Where is Alicia from "Alicia and the Underground Press" from?
(a) Minneapolis.
(b) Ann Arbor.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Anchorage.

4. What year was Walter Davis from "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles" stationed in Holland?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1921.

5. Why is the first speaker in "Getting Serenity" unable to sleep when she returned home after 5 a.m.?
(a) Her kids needed breakfast.
(b) She had to go to work.
(c) It was too light out.
(d) She was replaying her game in her head.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city in California does the meeting in "Getting Serenity" take place?

2. What is written on Frank L.'s cake in "Getting Serenity"?

3. How old is the man who speaks second in "Getting Serenity" who states that the city has "destroyed" (23) him?

4. How many nights does one of the speakers say he has been free from his addiction in "Getting Serenity"?

5. What term does Joan point out that her relatives uses when discussing where she sent her college applications?

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