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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. Where does the coconut "materialize" in the poem "Coconut"?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The cellar.
(c) The office.
(d) The attic.

2. What will survive us after we're gone in the poem "Carving the Jacks"?
(a) The stories.
(b) The songs.
(c) The work of our knives.
(d) The darkness.

3. What would be only fair in Part 7 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) For summer to start again.
(b) For someone to kill the man who killed the sister.
(c) For the sister to live on in in the afterlife.
(d) For the birds to be set free.

4. What does everyone else's sex life seem like in the poem "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?
(a) Fancy.
(b) Impossible.
(c) Trying.
(d) Calm.

5. What question does the speaker wonder about her dead sister in Part 7 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) If the dead sister's soul is at peace.
(b) If the dead sister would forgive her murderer or not.
(c) If the dead sister will live on in dreams.
(d) If the dead sister wanted to have children.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is time laid out in the poem "Salt"?

2. Who looks like a movie star in "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?

3. What goes on calling in the end of the poem "The Dear Ones"?

4. What are the minds of the jack-o-lanterns filled with in the poem "Carving the Jacks"?

5. What is "anything saved" equal to in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?

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