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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 52 - 68.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what kind of restaurant does the author describe going to a buffet in "Annoyed No More"?
(a) An Afghan restaurant.
(b) A Mexican restaurant.
(c) A Chinese restaurant.
(d) An Indian restaurant.

2. 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) Simile.
(c) Irony.
(d) Assonance.

3. The author describes being on an airplane between Indianapolis and where in "Tap Tap"?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) New York.
(d) Charlotte.

4. What kind of plant does the author describe growing in the cracks of the sidewalk in "The Irrepressible: The Gratitudes"?
(a) Hyacinth.
(b) Amaranth.
(c) Daffodil.
(d) Dandelion.

5. Through what park does the author describe walking in "Bird Feeding"?
(a) Washington Square Park.
(b) De Witt Clinton Park.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Prospect Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book The Poet, The Lion, Talking Pictures, El Farolito, A Wedding in St. Roch, The Big Box Store, The Warp in the Mirror, Spring, Midnights, Fire and All?

2. With what disease had Walt been diagnosed seven years prior, according to the author in "Remission Still"?

3. At what school does the author describe reading poems to a group of students in "Weirdly Untitled"?

4. In "Church Poets," the author describes a statement on a church's marquee that reads "FORBIDDEN FRUIT CREATES" what (147)?

5. From a poem by whom does the author describe learning that pigs cannot look up in "Found Things"?

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