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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 place does Alma miss when she moves to Detroit?
(a) New York.
(b) Her home.
(c) Central Park.
(d) San Diego.

2. At the end of "Three Airs," from what structures does O'Hara wish to be free?
(a) Bridges.
(b) Elevators.
(c) Buildings.
(d) Churches.

3. What do people not believe at the end of "Alma"?
(a) The winter didn't result in frost.
(b) The war is over.
(c) Alma is dead.
(d) Alma isn't married.

4. What is the weather like in "Cambridge"?
(a) Rainy.
(b) A blizzard.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) Sunny.

5. In "In a Step Away from Them," what does O'Hara eat?
(a) A steak.
(b) A smoothie.
(c) A burger.
(d) A liver sandwhich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O'Hara compare the city to in "In a Step Away from Them"?

2. What happens when Alma moves to Detroit?

3. In "In Adieu to Norman, Bon Jour to Joan and Jean-Paul," what is O'Hara's fear?

4. In "Rhapsody," what creates a false sense of upward mobility?

5. What is lacking in O'Hara's journey in "Hotel Particulier"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect does tea have on O'Hara in "Poem"?

2. In "Adieu to Norman, Bon Jour to Joan and Jean-Paul," how does O'Hara think that he needs to exist?

3. Describe part four of "Alma."

4. What does "Poem (2)" discuss?

5. List two things O'Hara describes in "On the Way to San Remo" and how he describes them.

6. Where does O'Hara travel from to see Alma? Where does he go to see her?

7. Where is O'Hara in "2 Poems from the O'Hara Monogatari," and what does he do there?

8. Who does the Buddha compare and contrast in "Image of the Buddha Preaching"?

9. Whose death does O'Hara think about in "A Step Away From Them," and what does he think about them?

10. What is the significance of the building in "Rhapsody"?

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