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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Oral Messages.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poet writes in "Junkman's Obbligato," "Let's go / smelling of _____."
(a) Indigo.
(b) Petrol.
(c) Patchouli.
(d) Sterno.

2. The poet writes of staggering into what kind of sunsets in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Snowy.
(b) Rainy.
(c) East River.
(d) West coast.

3. For whom is the poet waiting to grow up in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) Peter Pan.
(b) Tom Sawyer.
(c) Tom Swift.
(d) Oliver Swift.

4. What will our eyes be watery with the empty bottles of in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Muscatel.
(b) Rum.
(c) Mescal.
(d) Whiskey.

5. The man in Poem 8 is carrying an old beat-up what?
(a) Flower.
(b) Flute.
(c) Umbrella.
(d) Shawl.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does the poet repeatedly change a line from the song "America" in ""Junkman's Obbligato"?

2. In what month does Poem 20 take place, when the poet first falls in love?

3. In "Junkman's Obbligato," the poet writes, "Empty out your pockets and _____."

4. What bird is feeding "on its own breast" in Poem 11?

5. Where does "Autobiography" take place?

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