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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Love Poems.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Part I of the author's first book of poetry deals with the trauma of what?
(a) Losing custody of her children.
(b) Her struggle with radiation treatment.
(c) Her hospitalization.
(d) Her first Christmas alone.

2. Why is the speaker hospitalized in "The Break"?
(a) Giving birth.
(b) A broken bone.
(c) Mental illness.
(d) Radiation treatment.

3. In what month does "Eighteen Days Without You" take place?
(a) August.
(b) April.
(c) December.
(d) May.

4. In "For Eleanor Boylan Talking With God," what does the speaker witness a woman doing?
(a) Praying.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Dying.
(d) Weeping.

5. How many poems are in the first part of All My Pretty Ones?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Nine.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the title for the first poem in Live or Die come from?

2. What is the subject of "Your Face on the Dog's Neck" doing?

3. Who is Doctor Martin?

4. What is the speaker addicted to in "The Addict"?

5. "Loving the Killer" takes place where?

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