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

2. Why does the speaker not realize how good things were in the poem "Salt"?
(a) She was too busy worrying.
(b) She was too sleepy.
(c) She was too ill.
(d) She was working too hard.

3. What word does the speaker in the poem "September Mushrooms" imagine the mushrooms sent up before they withered?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Beware.
(c) Glory.
(d) Hail!

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. What does Atwood compare late poems to in the poem "Late Poems"?
(a) A letter from a sailor that arrives after he has drowned.
(b) The past.
(c) An old friend.
(d) A cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many eyes does the drone have in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?

2. What kinds of creatures also suffer from dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?

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

4. What fiction does Atwood write of in the poem "Shadow"?

5. What do the speaker's passports photos remind her of in the poem "Passports"?

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