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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 69 - 85.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote the book of essays titled Calamities?
(a) C.D. Wright.
(b) Brian Blanchfield.
(c) Renee Gladman.
(d) Virginia Woolf.

3. When is the essay "My Life, My Life, My Life, My Life in the Sunshine" dated?
(a) May 9.
(b) September 30.
(c) March 20.
(d) May 12.

4. What kind of trees does the author describe admiring in "Understory"?
(a) Redbud trees.
(b) Willow trees.
(c) Birch trees.
(d) Oak trees.

5. What movie starring Sean Penn was the author trying to find with his mother in the essay "Ghost"?
(a) Dead Man Walking.
(b) Mystic River.
(c) Milk.
(d) I Am Sam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author describe walking when he saw a lychee dealer in "My Birthday, Kinda"?

2. Who made the author's infinity scarf that is described in "Infinity"?

3. What did the author initially think that the man lying down was fiddling with in "Public Lying Down"?

4. What season does the author describe it being the first day of in "Infinity"?

5. Where does the author say he was going to read poems while being patted down in the airport in "Reading Palms"?

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