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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 78 - 100).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker implore her partner to do if she ever develops dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
(a) Call the children to care for her.
(b) Take care of her.
(c) Turn the key and bar the window.
(d) Send her to a care home.

2. What happens in Part 7 of "The Aliens Arrive"?
(a) They look like snakes and want us to be mean to each other.
(b) They look like rabbits and can not communicate.
(c) They look just like us and want to take over the earth.
(d) They look like octopi and want us to be kind to each other.

3. Why were the old stories comforting in a way in the poem "The Dear Ones"?
(a) They said everyone has to be somewhere.
(b) They said the sun will always rise.
(c) They said it all ends well.
(d) They said humans would always survive.

4. What happens when a human comes across the spider too suddenly in "Spider Signatures"?
(a) She falls asleep.
(b) She faints.
(c) She vomits.
(d) She screams.

5. Who is the speaker concerned about in the poem "Blizzard"?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has been long-abandoned near the ponds in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?

2. What is easy in the poem "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?

3. Who is in bed together in the poem "Betrayal"?

4. What is caught in the glare of your stare in the poem "Betrayal"?

5. How does the speaker in "Heart of the Arctic" know a careless person has been there?

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