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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Dear Rose - Woodworking at the End of the World, Pages 96 - 113).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "No One Knows the Way to Heaven," what happens when two men walk holding hands into a bar?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Time stops.
(c) The room clears.
(d) The joke is on them.

2. In "Reasons for Staying," how does the speaker describe the suicide of his uncle?
(a) As banal.
(b) As dying on purpose.
(c) As a result of drug addiction.
(d) As a result of isolation.

3. In "Dear Sara," what does Sara look out at at the end of the poem?
(a) Clouds.
(b) Leafless trees.
(c) Ants.
(d) Hens.

4. In "Ars Poetica as the Maker," what does the speaker dip his fingers back into?
(a) The fire.
(b) The wind.
(c) The sea.
(d) The paint.

5. In "The Last Dinosaurs," what was the dinosaur made to do?
(a) Die.
(b) Dream.
(c) Eat.
(d) Conquer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Not Even," what does the woman on the train bring to the speaker?

2. In "Dear Rose," what did Calvino say human instinct dictates?

3. In "Dear Sara," what are none of us children long enough to do?

4. In "Not Even," what does napalm have?

5. In "Toy Boat," what are the sparrows "pierced by"?

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