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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 35 - 51.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the author describe walking back to his lodging in a castle in "Blowing it Off"?
(a) Grignano.
(b) Umbertide.
(c) Veytaux.
(d) Edinburgh.

3. What kind of cuttings does the author describe smuggling in "Transplanting"?
(a) Oak trees.
(b) Peach trees.
(c) Walnut trees.
(d) Fig trees.

4. What song is described in "Donny Hathaway on Pandora"?
(a) "Myself."
(b) "For All We Know."
(c) "LSD."
(d) "Come Back as a Flower."

5. Who is the author of the book the author describes reading in "Praying Mantis"?
(a) James Whitmore.
(b) Terry Tempest Williams.
(c) Marshal Anders Perrison.
(d) Andrew James Taylor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author's father work at Red Barn, according to hsi narrative in "The Negreeting"?

2. Who is the main subject of the essay "Baby, Baby, Baby"?

3. What phrase is denoted in all-caps in "Stacking Delights"?

4. Who is the author's friend that has been writing a book about innocence, according to his essay "The Negreeting"?

5. How long did the author's friend say it would take for the hickory trees to be in full production in "Hickories"?

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