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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. Where does the spider really like to be in the house in "Spider Signatures"?
(a) Under the couch.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) Under the bookcase.
(d) On the windowsill.

2. What goes on calling in the end of the poem "The Dear Ones"?
(a) The dawn.
(b) The mystery.
(c) The rage.
(d) The sorrow.

3. What is the sister who is no longer there, now that she is gone, in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) A song.
(b) A memory.
(c) An empty chair, or simply air.
(d) A painting in shadow.

4. What is caught in the glare of your stare in the poem "Betrayal"?
(a) The sunrise.
(b) Gauche flesh.
(c) The cat.
(d) Your child.

5. What does a wolf in pain admit in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) Fear.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Everything.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the cat do in the poem "Ghost Cat"?

2. What is it bad luck to do in the poem "Spider Signatures"?

3. What did the madman once love in "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?

4. What does the health teacher in the poem "Health Class" tell her students the classroom is NOT?

5. Why, if victorious, did the scythians fight in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?

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