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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 is one thing that has been done with old plastics in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) Turning it into rock.
(b) Turning it into solar energy.
(c) Turning it into medicine.
(d) Turning it into oil.

2. In what way is a wolf courteous in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) In the context of wolf culture.
(b) In the informal sense.
(c) Up to a point.
(d) In the formal sense.

3. What has been long-abandoned near the ponds in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?
(a) Books.
(b) Graves.
(c) Reason.
(d) Birds.

4. What is one feature of happy dreams of wolves in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) Zombies.
(b) Trees.
(c) The tender bones of stupid caribou.
(d) Humans.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the editor ask the speaker to do in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Editor's Notes"?

3. What does the bear go, or turn into, in "Heart of the Arctic"?

4. What do women not say on this side of the table in "At the Translation Conference"?

5. What does the editor suggest letting people do in "Editorial Notes"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the editor in the poem "Editorial Notes" suggest the speaker do for the readers?

2. What is the problem in the old story of the Sorcerer's Apprentice in the poem by the same name?

3. What are some of the speaker's worries in the poem "Oh Children"?

4. What is the "bright side" of the modern era in the poem by the same title?

5. Why does the speaker insinuate people are so desperate for rain in the poem "Tracking the Rain"?

6. Generally, how do the aliens act towards humans in the poem "The Aliens Arrive"?

7. What does the siren wonder about in the poem "Siren Brooding on Her Eggs"?

8. What can one tell by a wolf's ears in the poem "Short Takes on Wolves"?

9. How does Atwood reimagine werewolves in the poem "Update on Werewolves"?

10. What have many humans lost, according to the speaker in "Improvisation on a First Line by Yeats"?

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