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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12: pages 133-141.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Thinking of What the Jury is Deliberating," the author wants the man to spend the rest of his life in a cell with what on the wall?
(a) A calendar marking his execution.
(b) Psalms.
(c) The faces of those he killed.
(d) Writings of death.

2. Who is the author of the poem titled "Divorce"?
(a) Brian Andreas.
(b) Jack Gilbert.
(c) Quintin Prout.
(d) Andy Young.

3. When did the author lay out school supplies in "Bittersweet"?
(a) Every two weeks.
(b) Each August.
(c) Just before Christmas.
(d) New Years Day.

4. Who is the author of "Bittersweet"?
(a) Nancy Mairs.
(b) Lavonne J. Adams.
(c) Harriet Jacobs.
(d) Emma Mellon.

5. In "Food. Music. Memory." the author recalls shouting Scotch and what as the negative things?
(a) Fists.
(b) Boots.
(c) Belts.
(d) Sticks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "I Give You Back," the author writes "so you can no longer keep me naked and ____ in the winter"?

2. In "Divorce," the author wakes suddenly and hears what?

3. Who is the author of "Food. Music. Memory."?

4. Where does the narrator of "That Kind of Marriage" sleep?

5. What poem of Rolf Jacobsen's is included in the collection?

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