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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does the poet say the day will last in "The Long Day Called Thursday"?
(a) He can't tell.
(b) Until tomorrow.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) All year.

2. What does the poet say people must do to the past in "Past"?
(a) Learn from it.
(b) Honor it.
(c) Relive it.
(d) Get rid of it.

3. How doe the poet say he discovered the story of "Furious Struggle Between Seamen and an Octopus of Colossal Size"?
(a) He found it in a dream.
(b) He ran into the seamen one day.
(c) He read it it a journal he found.
(d) He made it up himself.

4. Where does the mermaid go after leaving the bar in "Fable of the Mermaid and the Drunks"?
(a) To one of the drunk's houses.
(b) To another bar.
(c) Into the ocean.
(d) Into the river.

5. What does the poet say he used to be called in "Fiesta's End"?
(a) Father.
(b) Mister.
(c) Pablo.
(d) Friend.

6. In "The Marine Night," what does the poet want to burn with?
(a) Ships.
(b) Bonfires.
(c) Candles.
(d) Pain.

7. What is the race in "Lazybones"?
(a) A race to cure cancer.
(b) A race to live the longest.
(c) A race to the moon.
(d) A race to build the tallest building.

8. What does the poet say about mistakes in "Ode to the Book"?
(a) That they are funny.
(b) That they are foolish.
(c) That they are for women.
(d) That they are necessary.

9. In "The Builder," where does the poet travel to?
(a) The coast.
(b) The mountains.
(c) Europe.
(d) The United States.

10. In "Oh Earth, Wait for Me," what does the poet say the earth's pure gift is?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Redemption.
(d) Silence.

11. At the end of "Fiesta's End," what does the poet declare?
(a) I will come again.
(b) I am here.
(c) I am born.
(d) I was nothing.

12. Where is the pearl in "The Long Day Called Thursday"?
(a) The woman's ring.
(b) The poet's tie.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The rocks.

13. Who knocks on the door in "Ode to the Tomato"?
(a) A chicken.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Parsley.
(d) The poet.

14. In "Oh Earth, Wait for Me," where does the poet seek to return?
(a) To earth.
(b) The sun.
(c) The moon.
(d) The stars.

15. In "I will come Back," where does the poet say to look for him?
(a) Within the rivers.
(b) Behind a tree.
(c) Between the stones.
(d) Under the grass.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Watersong Ends," what does the poet say stained the rice fields with blood?

2. What color is the flag in "The Flag"?

3. How old is the poet in the beginning of "The Watersong Ends"?

4. In "Not Alone the Albatross," what does the poet say about the albatross?

5. In "The Word," where does the poet say the word is born?

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