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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: pages 45-57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Taking My Son to His First Day of Kindergarten"?
(a) Harryette Mullen.
(b) William Trowbridge.
(c) Anzar Hitoshi.
(d) Herberto Padilla.

2. In "Sudden," the newspaper might have used the word "massive" if it had been a heart attack, but it used what instead?
(a) "Debilitating."
(b) "Fatal."
(c) "Suddenly."
(d) "Enormous."

3. Who does the author tell to write his name on everything that belongs to him in "What the Stones Knew"?
(a) His son.
(b) His wife.
(c) His daugter.
(d) His mother.

4. In "Child Proof," the author writes, "Child is proof We come from somewhere else Where everyone" what?
(a) Flies.
(b) Drives.
(c) Runs.
(d) Walks.

5. What poem did Siv Cedering contribute to the collection?
(a) "Driving."
(b) "The Question."
(c) "The Changeling."
(d) "Silence."

Short Answer Questions

1. What can the author remember clearly of the children of his first grade class in "First Grade"?

2. Who wrote the poem titled "Sudden"?

3. For whom is the poem "On the Suicide of a Young Boy I Did Not Know" written?

4. Who wrote "What the Stones Knew"?

5. Who is the author of "The Wren"?

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