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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 would forgive her murderer or not.
(b) If the dead sister wanted to have children.
(c) If the dead sister's soul is at peace.
(d) If the dead sister will live on in dreams.

2. What does the speaker implore her partner to do if she ever develops dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
(a) Take care of her.
(b) Call the children to care for her.
(c) Send her to a care home.
(d) Turn the key and bar the window.

3. 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 own sister.
(c) Her soul.
(d) Her mother.

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

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

6. What goes on calling in the end of the poem "The Dear Ones"?
(a) The rage.
(b) The mystery.
(c) The dawn.
(d) The sorrow.

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

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

9. What lies in the ditch in the poem "Princess Clothing"?
(a) A woman's torso.
(b) A dead skunk.
(c) Ripped clothes.
(d) Money.

10. Why, if victorious, did the scythians fight in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?
(a) For the glory.
(b) For the king's honor.
(c) For the legends.
(d) For the loot.

11. 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 birds to be set free.
(d) For the sister to live on in in the afterlife.

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

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

14. Where is Frida Kahlo everywhere in the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday"?
(a) In the pillow covers.
(b) In the souvenir arcade.
(c) In the river reflection.
(d) In the museums.

15. How is the woman in the painting looking out of it in "A Genre Painting"?
(a) Through a glare.
(b) Scheming.
(c) Aslant.
(d) Through lowered lids.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when the speaker in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters" sings this song for her sister?

3. Why does the speaker in the poem "Salt" say it is tempting to "look back"?

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

5. What does Cassandra fantasize about possessing in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?

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