You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?
An ear of corn
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In his final years, what did Schwartz do instead of writing poetry?
Drink alcohol and do drugs
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In her older age, what university did she teach at?
Stanford University
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Where does this story take place?
Brooklyn, New York
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Who are the two main characters in the story?
Emily and her mother
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Why did Schwartz leave Harvard after 2 years?
Schwartz's mother was no longer able to support the family and needed help
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The youngest poet to receive this award
The Bollingen prize
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Name two of her four daughters.
Karla, Julie, Kathy or Laurie
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Who is the main focus of the story?
The narrator's father
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Who is the narrator of the story?
Emily's mother
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Name at least one other story Delmore Schwartz wrote?
Shenandoah or Summer Knowledge
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Name at least two of the universities he attended
Columbia University, University of Wisconsin, New York University or Harvard
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Why did Tillie drop out of high school in 11th grade?
She thought she did not need school when she had a library that contained books that taught her more than school.
"public libraries were my sustenance and my college"
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What is the narrator's dream?
The narrator dreams that he is in an old-fashioned movie theater watching his parents on a date where his father proposes.
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Why did Emily's mother put Emily into the care of someone else for a while?
Emily's mother was barely able to support her
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Around what year does When I Stand Ironing take place?
1930-Great Depression
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His parents immigrated to the United States from what country?
Romania
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How old was Tillie when she passed away?
94
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What is so special about the day when the narrator wakes up at the end of the story?
It is the narrator's 21st birthday
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Name two possible themes of this story.
Guilt, regret, motherhood, history, poverty, illness or responsibility
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Rearrange the letters in "OWONDER" to make one word