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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Reasons for Staying - Almost Human, Pages 75 - 95).
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is "Toy Boat" written for?
(a) Byron Hayes.
(b) Lily West.
(c) Heather Friend.
(d) Tamir Rice.
2. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what does the speaker wear?
(a) A wedding dress on backwards.
(b) A ring.
(c) A bracelet.
(d) A backwards hat.
3. In "Ars Poetica as the Maker," what does the speaker try to stretch the clay slab into?
(a) Five blades of light.
(b) Trees.
(c) Heather.
(d) Reason.
4. In "Tell Me Something Good," what does the speaker's mother's boyfriend smell like?
(a) Chips.
(b) Antifreeze.
(c) Whiskey and oreos.
(d) Beer.
5. In "Nothing," what do ghosts who are family say?
(a) Prayers.
(b) Lies.
(c) Mean things.
(d) Funny things.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Scavengers," what does the speaker compare himself and his lover to?
2. In "Nothing," what does Peter's grandmother survive?
3. In "You Guys," what does the speaker swear to do at the end of the poem?
4. In "Reasons for Staying," what keeps burning in California?
5. In "American Legend," what do the speaker and his father do for the first time?
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