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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 - 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the book Public Figures that the author references in "The High-Fives from Strangers, Etc."?
(a) Michelle Alexander.
(b) Jena Osman.
(c) Derek Walcott.
(d) Ben Lerner.

2. The hotel described by the author in "Beast Mode" is said to be on Eighth Street between what avenues?
(a) Sixth and Seventh.
(b) Eighth and Ninth.
(c) Fourth and Fifth.
(d) Fifth and Sixth.

3. Who from Man on Wire fame does the author compare the bubmlebees to in "The Irrepressible: The Gratitudes"?
(a) Derek Walcott.
(b) Philippe Petit.
(c) Paolo Sorrentino.
(d) Ben Lerner.

4. Where is the letterpress that the author co-owns with Boogie described in "Nicknames"?
(a) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) Lubbock, Texas.
(c) Oxford, Mississippi.
(d) Birmingham, Alabama.

5. In "Hole in the Head," the author offers the following as an example of what literary device? "I need to be fired like I need a hole in my head" (14).
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Irony.
(c) Simile.
(d) Assonance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the toddler described by the author that puts her hands around his finger in "The Irrepressible: The Gratitudes"?

2. What movie about the Supreme Court case that banned the ban on interracial marriage does the author describe in "Weirdly Untitled"?

3. What kind of cuttings does the author describe smuggling in "Transplanting"?

4. Where does the author describe his mother's home in "Airplane Rituals"?

5. What kind of car does the author describe his father driving in "Inefficiency"?

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