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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. In "Not Even," what does the speaker say the word for weakness is in his language?
(a) Fani.
(b) Yeu.
(c) Amore.
(d) Lin.

2. In "Künstlerroman," when does the speaker dance with his mother?
(a) During a wedding.
(b) During her second wedding.
(c) During his own graduation.
(d) During a huge snowstorm.

3. What do the houses do one by one in "Snow Theory"?
(a) Burn.
(b) Turn off their lights.
(c) Lose their heating.
(d) Light their trees.

4. What does the fall actually do to the speaker in "Skinny Dipping"?
(a) Makes him real.
(b) Makes him respected.
(c) Makes him sad.
(d) Makes him honest.

5. What is Old Glory a nickname for in the poem by the same title?
(a) A hitman.
(b) The American flag.
(c) The cumberbund.
(d) A car.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Punctum," how does the speaker describe "the skill lodged in the gravedigger's hands"?

2. In "Tell Me Something Good," what does the speaker's mother's boyfriend smell like?

3. What was no one at the bridge, according to the speaker, in "Skinny Dipping"?

4. In "Rise and Shine," what does the speaker compare his mother's face to?

5. In "Nothing," what does the speaker imagine as rising from the bread?

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