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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 25 - 51).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the cat do in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
(a) Kills the fish in the tank.
(b) Eats too much tuna.
(c) Refuses to drink even milk.
(d) Claws at the bedroom door waiting to be let in.

3. What is the taste of the coconut mixed with in the poem "Coconut"?
(a) Avocado.
(b) Orange.
(c) Hay.
(d) Ash and the shards of destruction.

4. What does the speaker say about most poems in the poem "Late Poems"?
(a) Most poems are from the future.
(b) Most poems are sad.
(c) Most poems are late.
(d) Most poems are early.

5. Why does the speaker in the poem "Salt" say it is tempting to "look back"?
(a) There are only two colors back there.
(b) It is worse than it is now.
(c) There were a lot more animals back there than there are now.
(d) It is glittery and pretty back there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cassandra fantasize about possessing in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?

2. How is the woman in the painting looking out of it in "A Genre Painting"?

3. What did the speaker's mother used to say in the poem "Blizzard"?

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

5. What happens if one "looks behind" in the poem "Salt"?

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