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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 speaker implore the reader to do in the last stanza of "Late Poems"?
(a) Turn down the bedcovers.
(b) Turn down the music.
(c) Turn up the radio.
(d) Turn up the light.

2. Who has killed so many sisters over the years in Part 6 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Evil spirits.
(b) Fearful men.
(c) Other sisters.
(d) Jealous parents.

3. What happens to Cassandra's hometown in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?
(a) It is struck by lightening.
(b) It flourishes.
(c) It burns down.
(d) It is swept away in a flood.

4. What is the first line of the poem "Shadow"?
(a) The light fades away from day.
(b) Who has two?
(c) Someone wants your body.
(d) Be aware.

5. What does the speaker drive into the soft eyes of the coconut in the poem "Coconut"?
(a) A long steel nail.
(b) A pin.
(c) A paperclip.
(d) A rope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the drone seem to wonder in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?

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

3. Why does the speaker in the poem "Salt" say it is tempting to "look back"?

4. What could the speaker do to save her sister if this were a story in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

5. What question does the speaker wonder about her dead sister in Part 7 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

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