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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 103 - 122).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can one tell a wolf's mood in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) By the direction of their ears.
(b) By their fur.
(c) By their growls.
(d) By their eyes.

2. What does the old woman poke at the ground with in "One Day"?
(a) A stick.
(b) A gun.
(c) A stone.
(d) A fire iron.

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

4. What happens when the speaker in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters" sings this song for her sister?
(a) The speaker dies.
(b) This sister is not empty air any longer, she is there with the speaker.
(c) The speaker looks at the sunset.
(d) The speaker cries.

5. Why do such tales end in flames in "Aflame"?
(a) Because we want them to.
(b) Because the djinns want them to.
(c) Because God wills them to.
(d) Because the sorcerers made it this way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things is "he" afraid of in "Fear of Birds"?

2. What was wool worn next to the skin once symbolic of in the poem "Princess Clothing"?

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

4. What keeps getting thrown out into the sea in our version of "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?

5. What do the humans wonder about the siren in the poem "Siren Brooding on Her Eggs"?

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