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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does the speaker in the poem "September Mushrooms" miss the mushrooms again this year?
(a) She was scared of the mushrooms.
(b) She had just lost her home in a flood.
(c) She was immersed elsewhere.
(d) She was ill.

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

5. What question does the speaker wonder about her dead sister in Part 7 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) If the dead sister wanted to have children.
(b) If the dead sister will live on in dreams.
(c) If the dead sister's soul is at peace.
(d) If the dead sister would forgive her murderer or not.

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

7. What do the hinges of the speaker's joints creak like in the poem "The Tin Woodwoman Gets a Massage"?
(a) Doors.
(b) Pins.
(c) Tiny frogs.
(d) Screws.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What does the speaker say about most poems in the poem "Late Poems"?
(a) Most poems are early.
(b) Most poems are sad.
(c) Most poems are late.
(d) Most poems are from the future.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What could the speaker do to save her sister if this were a story in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

2. What does the speaker implore her partner to do if she ever develops dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?

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

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

5. What does the speaker imagine the cicadas' song is saying in the poem "Cicadas"?

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