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

2. What does the speaker say her passport photos looks like in the poem "Passports"?
(a) A cat.
(b) An ill person.
(c) A woman who has just been arrested.
(d) A child.

3. What does the speaker imagine the cicadas' song is saying in the poem "Cicadas"?
(a) Now.
(b) Never.
(c) When?
(d) Go!

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

5. What is the woman working with in the poem "A Genre Painting"?
(a) A knife.
(b) A gun.
(c) A woodworking tool.
(d) A scissors.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the taste of the coconut mixed with in the poem "Coconut"?

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

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

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