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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first poem in the first part of The Book of Folly?
(a) "The Jesus Papers."
(b) "The Assassin."
(c) "The First Poem."
(d) "The Ambition Bird."

2. How is Jesus depicted in "The Jesus Papers"?
(a) Headstrong.
(b) Humble.
(c) Two-faced.
(d) Smug.

3. Whose death does the author recount in "The Death Baby"?
(a) Her grandmother's.
(b) Her mother's.
(c) Her own.
(d) Her father's.

4. Where is the blame assigned in "The Earth Falls Down"?
(a) The speaker herself.
(b) The speaker's sister.
(c) Blame is not assigned.
(d) The speaker's mother.

5. When was The Awful Rowing Toward God published?
(a) The year of the author's death.
(b) The year after the author's death.
(c) The year before the author's death.
(d) The year of the author's divorce.

6. What poem is the companion poem to "The Rowing Endeth"?
(a) The first poem in Live or Die.
(b) The book's last poem.
(c) The book's second poem.
(d) The book's first poem.

7. What is the purpose of the first poem in Transformations?
(a) To create the author as the wicked witch.
(b) To share a fairy tale about the author's son.
(c) To act as an introduction and explanation.
(d) To share a fairy tale about the author's daughter.

8. What is the first poem in Transformations?
(a) "Ever After."
(b) "Once Upon a Time."
(c) "The Gold Key."
(d) "The White Snake."

9. Who saves the fiddler in "The Wonderful Musician"?
(a) The milkmaid.
(b) The fox.
(c) The mouse.
(d) The woodcutter.

10. In "For Mr. Death Who Stands With His Door Open", the speaker personifies ______ and ______.
(a) Death and life.
(b) Time and death.
(c) Faith and doubt.
(d) Time and tide.

11. How many messiahs is Mary pregnant with in "Mary's Song"?
(a) Twenty.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

12. What Biblical story is retold in "Jesus Walking"?
(a) The Israelites wandering in the desert.
(b) The temptation of Christ by the Devil.
(c) Christ walking on water.
(d) The Crucifixion.

13. Whose quote inspired The Awful Rowing Toward God?
(a) The author's husband.
(b) A nun.
(c) The author's friend.
(d) A priest.

14. What are the maiden's replacement hands made of in "The Maiden Without Hands"?
(a) Gold.
(b) Wood.
(c) Silver.
(d) Bronze.

15. "The Death of Fathers" and "Angels of the Love Affair" are both comprised of _____ shorter poems.
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last story in Transformations?

2. Where is the author at the beginning of "The Death Baby"?

3. Who interferes with the speaker's prayers in "Praying on a 707"?

4. Who is "Mother and Daughter" addressed to?

5. Who is an outcast in "One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes"?

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