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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do the children smash in the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday"?
(a) Books.
(b) Glasses.
(c) Hollowed eggs.
(d) Plastics.

4. What fiction does Atwood write of in the poem "Shadow"?
(a) The fiction that this one likes you.
(b) The fiction that all family ties are strong.
(c) The fiction that you can live forever.
(d) The fiction that anyone is owed anything in life.

5. How is time laid out in the poem "Salt"?
(a) Like a diagram.
(b) Like a picnic.
(c) Like a photo album.
(d) Like a movie.

6. What is the subject of the poem "Blizzard" curled up like?
(a) A snail.
(b) A comma.
(c) A cat.
(d) A fern.

7. What does the drone seem to wonder in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?
(a) Did I do that?
(b) Will this be a good thing or a bad thing?
(c) What happened?
(d) Was it a flood?

8. What does the speaker ask if one of the sisters is hunting in Part 5 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Her murderer.
(b) Her soul.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her own sister.

9. What will survive us after we're gone in the poem "Carving the Jacks"?
(a) The stories.
(b) The work of our knives.
(c) The songs.
(d) The darkness.

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

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

12. What was standing there when the door was opened in Part 3 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Desire.
(b) Death.
(c) Life.
(d) Sunset.

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

14. What is the sister who is no longer there, now that she is gone, in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) A painting in shadow.
(b) A memory.
(c) A song.
(d) An empty chair, or simply air.

15. What kind of animal does Atwood equate with human souls in Part 5 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Cats.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Mice.
(d) Birds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was wool worn next to the skin once symbolic of in the poem "Princess Clothing"?

3. What word does the speaker in the poem "September Mushrooms" imagine the mushrooms sent up before they withered?

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

5. What happens to Cassandra's hometown in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?

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