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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 makes the school of fish unique in "The Fish and the Drowned Man"?
(a) It is made up of many types of fish.
(b) It is very large.
(c) It is very small.
(d) It include men.

2. What leads to Magellan's end in "The Magellan Heart"?
(a) A mysterious illness.
(b) A woman.
(c) An angry group of natives.
(d) His own discoveries.

3. What is ruined at the end of "There's No Forgetting"?
(a) A field.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A tree.
(d) A river.

4. In "Rain," what are the Queen's hands compared to?
(a) Water.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Roots.
(d) Ships.

5. In the beginning of "Ode with a Lament," what does the poet say the woman is ready for?
(a) To be drank.
(b) To be held.
(c) To be broken.
(d) To be kissed.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Leaning into the Afternoons," what does the poet say he resembles when he loves?

2. In "Waltz," what does the poet say to not expect to find?

3. In "Unity," what does the poet say humans share a unity with?

4. Which is the father river in "Entrance of the Rivers"?

5. What does the poet say was lost in "Love, America (1400)"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Great Plumed God do in "A Soldier Sleeps"?

2. What happens to the unmanned ships in "The Ships"?

3. Who is Lautaro in "Education of the Chieftain"?

4. In "Walking Around," how does the poet feel about walking?

5. What powers does the creature possess in "Every Day you Play"?

6. Why does the poet talk about fabric in "Weak with the Dawn"?

7. What does the poet describe in "Rapa Nui"?

8. What role does the river play in "Battle of the Jarama River"?

9. How does the poet connect the woman in "Body of a Woman" to nature?

10. In "Absence of Joaquin," what does the poet wonder about his own life?

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