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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Atwood compare late poems to in the poem "Late Poems"?
(a) A letter from a sailor that arrives after he has drowned.
(b) The past.
(c) A cat.
(d) An old friend.

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

3. What kind of flowers are in the painting in the poem "A Genre Painting"?
(a) Roses.
(b) Violets.
(c) Daisies.
(d) Tulips.

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

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

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

7. What do people also save along with passports in the poem "Passports"?
(a) Curls of hair from children or lovers.
(b) Paintbrushes.
(c) Pearls.
(d) Chocolates.

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

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

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

11. What could the speaker do to save her sister if this were a story in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Get a witch to cast a spell.
(b) Speak a magic charm to bring her back.
(c) Give her a magic apple.
(d) Find the right prince.

12. What season is it in the end of Part 4 in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Spring.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

13. What does Atwood compare the subject of the poem "Blizzard" to?
(a) A snow leopard.
(b) A diver plunged into a dangerous cave.
(c) A deer.
(d) A diamond.

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

15. What did the speaker's mother used to say in the poem "Blizzard"?
(a) Let's play in the snow.
(b) It's just a blizzard.
(c) Let's go out and fight the storm.
(d) Let's find some flowers in the snow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would be only fair in Part 7 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

2. What is the woman working with in the poem "A Genre Painting"?

3. What color is anger in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

4. What is the taste of the coconut mixed with in the poem "Coconut"?

5. What does the speaker say about most poems in the poem "Late Poems"?

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