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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. Where are we living now, according to the speaker in "Tracking the Rain"?
(a) Inside a dry red bubble.
(b) In a desert.
(c) In a normal house.
(d) On the tundra.

2. What happens to whatever the Gods touch in "The Twilight of the Gods"?
(a) It turns to dust.
(b) It takes on a life of its own.
(c) It grows.
(d) It turns red.

3. What does the neon sign in "Everyone Else's Sex Life" say?
(a) Love! This Way! In!
(b) Bombs Away!
(c) Help!
(d) Beware.

4. What made a comeback for people to buy after the war in the poem "Coconut"?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Milk.

5. What did the madman once love in "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?
(a) This wildland.
(b) The woodshed.
(c) The fog.
(d) The peacock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season is it in the end of Part 4 in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

2. What does everyone else's sex life seem like in the poem "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?

3. Why does the speaker in the poem "September Mushrooms" miss the mushrooms again this year?

4. What does "some idiot" wish for in "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?

5. What is the first line of the poem "Shadow"?

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