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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 the weather in "How to Get There"?
(a) Windy.
(b) Hot.
(c) Snowy.
(d) Sunny.

2. What is the overall theme of "Cornkind"?
(a) Family.
(b) Love.
(c) Writing.
(d) Fertility.

3. In what shape is "Poem en Forme de Saw" written?
(a) A smiley face.
(b) A heart.
(c) A saw.
(d) A square.

4. Whom does O'Hara stay with in Boston in the poem "Mary Desti's Ass"?
(a) His father.
(b) Old friends.
(c) His brother.
(d) New companions.

5. In "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," what is O'Hara's generation going to do?
(a) Destroy.
(b) Survive.
(c) Love.
(d) Build.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O'Hara sign off as in "Poem en Forme de Saw"?

2. What spreads through the alleyways in "How to Get There"?

3. In "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," what is O'Hara able to ignore?

4. During the poem "A Little Travel Diary," what does O'Hara pass?

5. What does O'Hara assert is the true face of the city in "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the message in "Ave Maria"?

2. What are some of the lies O'Hara discusses in "How to Get There"? How do the lies affect people?

3. To whom is "Down at the Canal" addressed?

4. In the poem "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson," where does O'Hara take comfort?

5. Why does O'Hara think the world is coming to an end in "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson"?

6. Describe two of the cities that O'Hara mentions in "Mary Desti's Ass."

7. Describe the dream O'Hara has in "Kamin's Dance Shop."

8. What does O'Hara request at the end of "Down at the Canal"?

9. What are some of the pleasures O'Hara discusses in "Five Poems"?

10. What is O'Hara trying to understand in "Pistachio Tree at Chateau Noir"?

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