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

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

3. What is "anything saved" equal to in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?
(a) Failure.
(b) Longitude.
(c) Death.
(d) Prayer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does everyone else's sex life seem like in the poem "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?

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

4. What defines cotton in the poem "Princess Clothing"?

5. Who looks like a movie star in "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the poem "Betrayal" about?

2. What kinds of stories did the people used to tell in the poem "The Dear Ones?"

3. In the poem "Health Class (1953)," why does the teacher scare the students?

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

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

6. What does the speaker in "Everyone Else's Sex Life" think about everyone else's sex life?

7. What kind of world exists in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?

8. In the poem "Aflame," what is happening to the world?

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

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

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