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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Fugue," what are handshakes and hugs like?

2. In "School's Out," what does the announcement about school seem like?

3. In "Every Day We Are Learning," what can we not possess without practicing it?

4. In "Back to the Past," what is the closest we get to time travel?

5. In "Hephaestus," what is the debt we always owed each other?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Pan," what does "Pandora" mean?

2. In "Lucent," what does Gorman say are the brightest parts of us?

3. In "Hephaestus," what are we re-rasied among, according to Gorman?

4. What worldwide event does "Fugue" revolve around?

5. In "Compass," when does Gorman say we are only legible?

6. In "Captive," what is "stereotypic behavior" in animals?

7. In "Aborescent II," what does Gorman say we are always scoping out with our bodies?

8. In "Call Us," what does Gorman say about half of our bodies at times?

9. How does Gorman describe the entirety of what we've lost in "The Shallows"?

10. What does Gorman say is the origin of the word "trauma" in "Good Grief"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Through which poems does Gorman employ imagery most successfully and forcefully? Why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What political themes and topics does Gorman explore throughout this collection, and how does she explore them? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think the meaning of the title Call Us What We Carry is? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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