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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker fear the children will grow up without in "Oh Children"?
(a) Fathers.
(b) Birds.
(c) Social Media.
(d) Computers.

2. What two things is "he" afraid of in "Fear of Birds"?
(a) Birds and trees.
(b) Birds and guns.
(c) Birds and snow.
(d) Birds and zombies.

3. What does "some idiot" wish for in "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?
(a) Fire.
(b) Wind.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Salt.

4. What do the ravens understand in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?
(a) How fickle humans are.
(b) How to heal the sick.
(c) The march of time.
(d) Waned flesh.

5. What is easy in the poem "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?
(a) Getting the machine going.
(b) Finding a way to the adventure.
(c) Getting help.
(d) Finding a way home.

6. What crashes into the speaker's window in "Fatal Light Awareness"?
(a) A lion.
(b) A deer.
(c) A thrush.
(d) A skunk.

7. What happens in Part V of "The Aliens Arrive"?
(a) They show us all their recipes.
(b) They teach us how to travel to other galaxies.
(c) They make their way out of our bodies through our armpits.
(d) They learn to live peacefully with us on eart.

8. What does Rilke say poetry is in "Zombie"?
(a) The past that breaks out in our hearts.
(b) The station.
(c) The songs of our ancestors.
(d) The future.

9. What do plastics make lighter for carrying water in "The Bright Side"?
(a) Umbrellas.
(b) Glasses.
(c) Buckets.
(d) Container ships.

10. What do the ravens ask the people in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?
(a) Are you here to harm us?
(b) When will our time come?
(c) Why do you leave so many plastics lying around?
(d) Will you be next?

11. What did everything once have, according to the speaker in "Improvisation on a First Line by Yeats"?
(a) A right to live.
(b) A soul.
(c) A dark side.
(d) A window into morality.

12. Who is wrenched up by the sun in "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Wendy.
(c) Peter.
(d) Hepaticas.

13. What tense does not exist at the conference in "Translator's Conference"?
(a) Imperfect.
(b) Past.
(c) Present.
(d) Future.

14. What happens in Part 7 of "The Aliens Arrive"?
(a) They look like octopi and want us to be kind to each other.
(b) They look just like us and want to take over the earth.
(c) They look like rabbits and can not communicate.
(d) They look like snakes and want us to be mean to each other.

15. When is every life a failure in "Feather"?
(a) At dawn.
(b) At dusk.
(c) At the apocalypse.
(d) At the last hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening to the world in "Aflame"?

2. What happens when a human comes across the spider too suddenly in "Spider Signatures"?

3. What do wolf nightmares involve in "Short Takes on Wolves"?

4. What do we hear in the wind's plainsong at the end of "Improvisation on a First Line by Yeats"?

5. What kind of getups do the new werewolves wear in "Update on Werewolves"?

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