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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do people give others souvenirs from vacations in the poem "Souvenir"?
(a) So they can decorate their homes.
(b) So they will want to travel too.
(c) So they can call the spirits.
(d) So the receiver can remember them.

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

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

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

6. What happens when the speaker in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters" sings this song for her sister?
(a) This sister is not empty air any longer, she is there with the speaker.
(b) The speaker dies.
(c) The speaker cries.
(d) The speaker looks at the sunset.

7. What do hearts do in the poem "The Tin Woodwoman Gets a Massage"?
(a) Hurt.
(b) Change.
(c) Stop.
(d) Bleed.

8. What falls and falls in the end of the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?
(a) Teardrops.
(b) Ash.
(c) Fireflies.
(d) Snow.

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

10. What is silk best for in the poem "Princess Clothing"?
(a) Sheets.
(b) Shrouds.
(c) Dresses.
(d) Towels.

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

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

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

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

15. 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 anyone is owed anything in life.
(d) The fiction that you can live forever.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the speaker not realize how good things were in the poem "Salt"?

3. What will survive us after we're gone in the poem "Carving the Jacks"?

4. What kinds of creatures also suffer from dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?

5. Why, if victorious, did the scythians fight in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?

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