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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the rain in Work Sometimes do to the flowers in the yard?
(a) Killed them.
(b) Brought them out of the earth.
(c) Made them fragrant.
(d) Made them shine.

2. What were the feet of the animal compared to in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) Flowers.
(b) The Sun.
(c) Sand.
(d) Butter.

3. What does Oliver try to identify at the beginning of Work Sometimes?
(a) A shared experience.
(b) An identity.
(c) A memorable moment.
(d) A happy memory.

4. What is Oliver trying to describe with the lilt in the words in Everything?
(a) Gravity.
(b) Choices.
(c) Human Nature.
(d) Creation.

5. What tone does Oliver take on at the end of Work Sometimes?
(a) Omniscient.
(b) Frantic.
(c) Relaxing.
(d) Self-referencing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the editor say is Oliver's signature on her work?

2. In Everything, what are we told to look to for examination?

3. What does Oliver compare picking the right words to in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?

4. How do the characters in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones feel about the events in the poem?

5. What does Oliver say about our lives in The Measure?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Everything, where are some of the places Oliver states she wants to go when she writes?

2. In Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones, what does Oliver ask about a turtle?

3. What is the main question Oliver asks in Work Sometimes?

4. What does Oliver think the turtle was heading for in The Measure?

5. What did Oliver do at the beginning of The Measure?

6. At the end of Everything, what does Oliver say she wants her poems to do?

7. What parts of grammar does Oliver say she wants to cherish in Everything, and why?

8. What did the hawk do at the end of The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that Comes First?

9. In Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones, what does Oliver ask about a catbird?

10. In Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones, what does Oliver ask about the blue heron?

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