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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 24).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the speaker's passports photos remind her of in the poem "Passports"?
(a) An ill person.
(b) A child.
(c) A person moving backwards in time.
(d) A mermaid doomed to appear onshore every five years.

2. Which of the following comparisons does Atwood use for late poems in the poem "Late Poems"?
(a) Being late for a funeral.
(b) Being late for a wedding.
(c) Being late for supper.
(d) Being late for a communion.

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 sad.
(b) Most poems are early.
(c) Most poems are from the future.
(d) Most poems are late.

5. Which of the speaker's cats was smart enough to evade the vet in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
(a) The white one.
(b) The calico.
(c) The black one.
(d) The tabby one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made a comeback for people to buy after the war in the poem "Coconut"?

2. What do the students like to pretend about the health teacher in "Health Class (1953)"?

3. What does the speaker implore her partner to do if she ever develops dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?

4. Where does the speaker in the poem "Souvenir" appear more often than she used to?

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

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