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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does everyone else's sex life seem like in the poem "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?
(a) Trying.
(b) Calm.
(c) Fancy.
(d) Impossible.

5. What do the students like to pretend about the health teacher in "Health Class (1953)"?
(a) That the teacher is stupid.
(b) That the teacher is kind.
(c) That the teacher is funny.
(d) That they will all be successful one day.

6. What question does the speaker ask the dead sister in the Coda of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Are you in pain?
(b) If you were a song, what song would you be?
(c) Can you see the sunset, still?
(d) Are you a flower or a well?

7. 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) Give her a magic apple.
(c) Speak a magic charm to bring her back.
(d) Find the right prince.

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

9. What happens if one "looks behind" in the poem "Salt"?
(a) He turns to marshmallow.
(b) His hair falls out.
(c) He turns to salt.
(d) He turns to stone.

10. 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 kitchen.
(d) A dance.

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

12. What does the speaker implore the reader to do in the last stanza of "Late Poems"?
(a) Turn up the light.
(b) Turn up the radio.
(c) Turn down the music.
(d) Turn down the bedcovers.

13. What is the taste of the coconut mixed with in the poem "Coconut"?
(a) Ash and the shards of destruction.
(b) Avocado.
(c) Hay.
(d) Orange.

14. What happens to Cassandra's hometown in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?
(a) It is struck by lightening.
(b) It burns down.
(c) It flourishes.
(d) It is swept away in a flood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the problems with the body in the poem "Shadow"?

2. What made a comeback for people to buy after the war in the poem "Coconut"?

3. What color does Cassandra want to dye her hair in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?

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

5. What kind of flowers are in the painting in the poem "A Genre Painting"?

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