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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: pages 70-71.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Naomi Shihab Nye live?
(a) San Antonio, Texas.
(b) Salt Lake City, Utah.
(c) Flagstaff, Arizona.
(d) Pueblo, Colorado.

2. Who wrote "Naming"?
(a) Roger Jones.
(b) Lucille Clifton.
(c) Nancy Mairs.
(d) James Baker Hall.

3. In "Waking Instructions," the author writes that one should allow oneself to be different, but it will feel like falling attached to what?
(a) Running.
(b) Moving.
(c) Waiting.
(d) Lying.

4. In "Travelling Light," the author wants "nothing more anymore only wind stroking waves onto" what?
(a) "Jagged rocks."
(b) "A mangrove forest."
(c) "A distant shore."
(d) "Sandy beaches."

5. "Mother's Day" was written by whom?
(a) Lisa Ruth Shulman.
(b) Sandra Gail Teichmann.
(c) Roger Jones.
(d) Daisy Zamora.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the Introduction by Naomi Shihab Nye, the author writes, "Losing makes us miserable, startles us awake. It's also" what?

3. "What Gets Lost/Lo Que Se Pierde" is written by whom?

4. Who wrote "Legend"?

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

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