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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. What is behind us in "Ship's Manifest"?

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

3. In "At First," what are our sentences as stilted as?

4. In "Pre-Memory," how does every memory start?

5. In "At First," what did we become paid professionals of?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Lucent," what do our shadows play tricks on?

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

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

4. What is harder than harping in "& So"?

5. What is "School's Out" about?

6. What does Gorman say we truly mean by "goodbye" in the poem "Fugue"?

7. What piece of pop culture does the title "Who We Gonna Call" refer to?

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

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

10. In "Vale of the Shadow of Death," what did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Overall, how would you describe Gorman's style in this collection? Why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What parallels does Gorman draw between the past and the present in relation to society's response to pandemics? How does she make these connections? 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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