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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What body part is mentioned?
(a) Foot.
(b) Hand.
(c) Leg.
(d) Head.

2. What is the final wish?
(a) Death.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Peace.
(d) Love.

3. What color is the natural item?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

4. What is constructed in the poem?
(a) Soul.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Miracle.
(d) Industry.

5. Where is the child's father?
(a) Flophouse.
(b) Working.
(c) Dead.
(d) Jail.

6. People are described as being ____________.
(a) Poor.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Bedraggled.
(d) Disheveled.

7. What job does Ginsberg perform?
(a) Supervisor.
(b) Baggage Clerk.
(c) Janitor.
(d) Security Guard.

8. Ginsberg sees the racks as being created to keep what together?
(a) Coats.
(b) Trunks.
(c) People.
(d) Dry cleaning.

9. At the end of the poem Ginsberg laments ___________.
(a) Running out of food.
(b) Hangover.
(c) Lost friendship.
(d) Being unfilled.

10. How far away is the child's father?
(a) 1000 miles.
(b) 3 blocks.
(c) 25 miles.
(d) 150 miles.

11. What is overwhelming to Ginsberg?
(a) Politics.
(b) Pollution.
(c) Religion.
(d) Industry.

12. What natural item is spotted by the poet?
(a) Flower.
(b) Bird.
(c) Beaver.
(d) Stone.

13. Which word best describes the child?
(a) Nostalgic.
(b) Studious.
(c) Happy.
(d) Carefree.

14. In what city is the poem set?
(a) Paris.
(b) Guadalajara.
(c) New York.
(d) San Jose.

15. Where do the people live?
(a) Trenton.
(b) Paterson.
(c) Tarrytown.
(d) Bayonne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a place where the boy searches for solace?

2. What relative is mentioned in the poem?

3. What does Ginsberg compare to an asphodel?

4. What has sacrificed itself?

5. What kind of transportation line is Greyhound?

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