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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker ask if one of the sisters is hunting in Part 5 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her own sister.
(c) Her soul.
(d) Her murderer.

2. Why does the speaker in the poem "Salt" say it is tempting to "look back"?
(a) It is worse than it is now.
(b) There are only two colors back there.
(c) There were a lot more animals back there than there are now.
(d) It is glittery and pretty back there.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of the poem "Blizzard" curled up like?

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

3. What is "anything saved" equal to in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?

4. Where does the speaker in the poem "Souvenir" appear more often than she used to?

5. What do the children smash in the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of people were the Scythians in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?

2. How does the speaker in the poem "Passports" feel about aging?

3. What happens when the Tin Woodwoman gets a massage in the poem by the same name?

4. Why should one avoid wearing cotton when making recordings, according to the poem "Princess Clothing"?

5. What is the poem "Betrayal" about?

6. What are some contradictions about cicadas in the poem by the same title?

7. What does the speaker's mother in the poem "Blizzard" fight?

8. Why does the speaker implore people to keep their clothes on in the poem "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?

9. Why do people carve jack-o-lanterns in the poem "Carving the Jacks"?

10. What gift does Cassandra have in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?

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