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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the scythians in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?
(a) Kings.
(b) Servants.
(c) Queens.
(d) Warrior women and dagger girls.

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

3. What kinds of creatures also suffer from dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
(a) Birds.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Turtles.
(d) Cats.

4. What is "anything saved" equal to in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?
(a) Longitude.
(b) Death.
(c) Failure.
(d) Prayer.

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

6. What are the minds of the jack-o-lanterns filled with in the poem "Carving the Jacks"?
(a) Horror.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Nothing but flame.
(d) Stories.

7. Why, if victorious, did the scythians fight in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?
(a) For the glory.
(b) For the king's honor.
(c) For the legends.
(d) For the loot.

8. Where does the coconut "materialize" in the poem "Coconut"?
(a) The office.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The cellar.
(d) The attic.

9. How many eyes does the drone have in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?
(a) 25.
(b) 8.
(c) 15.
(d) 4.

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

11. 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.

12. What does Atwood compare being in love to in "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?
(a) A demented rose-red circus tent.
(b) A really good movie.
(c) A pool.
(d) An expensive house.

13. Where does the speaker in the poem "Souvenir" appear more often than she used to?
(a) Pizza restaurants.
(b) Funeral parlors.
(c) The park.
(d) Other people's dreams.

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

15. What is one of the problems with the body in the poem "Shadow"?
(a) It is liable to become ill.
(b) It is weak.
(c) It is fickle.
(d) It attracts too much attention.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is silk best for in the poem "Princess Clothing"?

2. What goes on calling in the end of the poem "The Dear Ones"?

3. What do the students like to pretend about the health teacher in "Health Class (1953)"?

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

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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