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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 does the health teacher in the poem "Health Class" tell her students the classroom is NOT?
(a) A three-ring circus.
(b) A dance.
(c) A kitchen.
(d) A barn.

2. Where does the speaker in the poem "Souvenir" appear more often than she used to?
(a) Funeral parlors.
(b) Pizza restaurants.
(c) Other people's dreams.
(d) The park.

3. Who used to take the dear ones in the poem "The Dear Ones"?
(a) Religious wanderers.
(b) Djinns.
(c) Cats.
(d) Gypsies.

4. What do the hinges of the speaker's joints creak like in the poem "The Tin Woodwoman Gets a Massage"?
(a) Screws.
(b) Doors.
(c) Pins.
(d) Tiny frogs.

5. Who is the speaker concerned about in the poem "Blizzard"?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Atwood compare the subject of the poem "Blizzard" to?

3. What kind of animal does Atwood equate with human souls in Part 5 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

4. Which of the speaker's cats was smart enough to evade the vet in the poem "Ghost Cat"?

5. What is the subject of the poem "Blizzard" curled up like?

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