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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who used to take the dear ones in the poem "The Dear Ones"?
(a) Gypsies.
(b) Religious wanderers.
(c) Djinns.
(d) Cats.

3. Who looks like a movie star in "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?
(a) Gymnasts.
(b) No one.
(c) Only moviestars.
(d) Rich people.

4. What is caught in the glare of your stare in the poem "Betrayal"?
(a) The cat.
(b) The sunrise.
(c) Gauche flesh.
(d) Your child.

5. What does the health teacher in the poem "Health Class" tell her students the classroom is NOT?
(a) A dance.
(b) A barn.
(c) A kitchen.
(d) A three-ring circus.

6. 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 it all ends well.
(c) They said humans would always survive.
(d) They said the sun will always rise.

7. What are Kahlo's colors in the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday"?
(a) Azure, sunset, and blood.
(b) Green and blue.
(c) Purple and ochre.
(d) Mauve and orange.

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

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

10. What goes on calling in the end of the poem "The Dear Ones"?
(a) The sorrow.
(b) The rage.
(c) The mystery.
(d) The dawn.

11. What defines cotton in the poem "Princess Clothing"?
(a) It is brown.
(b) It is the mark of poverty.
(c) It is soft.
(d) It is crackly.

12. What would be only fair in Part 7 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) For summer to start again.
(b) For the birds to be set free.
(c) For someone to kill the man who killed the sister.
(d) For the sister to live on in in the afterlife.

13. What does Cassandra fantasize about possessing in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?
(a) Many dresses.
(b) A dark blue leather purse.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) A sturdy staff.

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

15. Where is Frida Kahlo everywhere in the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday"?
(a) In the pillow covers.
(b) In the museums.
(c) In the river reflection.
(d) In the souvenir arcade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lies in the ditch in the poem "Princess Clothing"?

2. How is the woman in the painting looking out of it in "A Genre Painting"?

3. What question does the speaker ask the dead sister in the Coda of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

4. Where does the coconut "materialize" in the poem "Coconut"?

5. What does the speaker say her passport photos looks like in the poem "Passports"?

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