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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: pages 58-69.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of "Drifter, Owl, Mouse"?
(a) Harriet Jacobs.
(b) Ken Fontenot.
(c) Anzar Hitoshi.
(d) Harryette Mullen.

2. In the Introduction by Naomi Shihab Nye, the author writes, "Losing makes us miserable, startles us awake. It's also" what?
(a) Sometimes fatal.
(b) Inevitable.
(c) Part of the game.
(d) A chance to learn.

3. Whose dad tipped the boat in "The Father, Who Could Not Swim"?
(a) Kaufman's.
(b) Johnson's.
(c) Robertson's.
(d) Ashley's.

4. Who wrote "My Father in the Stacks"?
(a) Hal Sirowitz.
(b) David Hassler.
(c) Lisa Ruth Shulman.
(d) Jim Natal.

5. Who wrote "Leaving the Light On"?
(a) Alastair Reid.
(b) Philip Appleman.
(c) Lucille Clifton.
(d) Jack Myers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Shedding Skin"?

2. In "The Ants Are Using Sticks For Walls," ten-year-old girls want to be how old?

3. Who wrote "The Father, Who Could Not Swim"?

4. In what poem by David Williams were his ancestors were thrown away as if they were nothing?

5. In "Almost Evenly Divided," the author's life is nearly evenly divided between being Puerto-Rican and a what?

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