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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 52 - 77).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were all the werewolves in the old days in "Update on Werewolves"?
(a) Sad.
(b) Male.
(c) Tired.
(d) Angry.

2. What word does the speaker in the poem "September Mushrooms" imagine the mushrooms sent up before they withered?
(a) Hail!
(b) Glory.
(c) Mercy.
(d) Beware.

3. What is one feature of happy dreams of wolves in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) Zombies.
(b) Trees.
(c) Humans.
(d) The tender bones of stupid caribou.

4. What form does poetry "coming to claim you" take in "Zombie"?
(a) The wind.
(b) The fire.
(c) The hand on your shoulder.
(d) The rain in the window.

5. What do people say instead of "no" in "At the Translation Conference"?
(a) Never.
(b) Perhaps.
(c) Yes.
(d) Maybe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is anger in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

2. What does a wolf in pain admit in "Short Takes on Wolves"?

3. What do the children smash in the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday"?

4. What is the first line of the poem "Shadow"?

5. Why does the speaker in the poem "September Mushrooms" miss the mushrooms again this year?

(see the answer key)

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