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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 share a fairy tale about the author's daughter.
(d) To act as an introduction and explanation.

2. How many sections is "The Death Baby" divided into?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

3. Where do the poems come from in Transformations?
(a) Greek mythology.
(b) Aesop's Fables.
(c) The stories of Hans Christian Anderson.
(d) Grimm's Fairy Tales.

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

5. What kind of poems are the collection "O Ye Tongues"?
(a) Epitaphs.
(b) Haiku.
(c) Psalms.
(d) Odes.

6. Who releases Iron Hans from his cage in "Iron Hans"?
(a) The king's son.
(b) The king.
(c) The queen.
(d) The king's daughter.

7. Where does the speaker find the gods in the poem "Gods"?
(a) In a nearby lake.
(b) Hanging in an old oak tree.
(c) In the raindrops of a storm.
(d) In her bathroom.

8. What building is in "Riding the Elevator Into the Sky"?
(a) A bank.
(b) The Eiffel Tower.
(c) An office building.
(d) A hotel.

9. What does the building represent in "Riding the Elevator Into the Sky"?
(a) Human consciousness.
(b) Human struggles.
(c) Faith.
(d) Reincarnation.

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

11. Who is pursuing the speaker in "Oh"?
(a) Death.
(b) Doubt.
(c) A shadow.
(d) Mental illness.

12. How many poems are in the collection "O Ye Tongues"?
(a) Ten.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Nine.
(d) Five.

13. Who is Transformations dedicated to?
(a) Javier.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Evelyn.
(d) Linda.

14. "The Hex" describes the connection between the speaker's inability to appreciate happiness and her relationship to who?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her husband.

15. "Words" is a poem about the ______ of language.
(a) Inappropriateness.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Power.
(d) Inadequacy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What theme is explored in "The Frog Prince"?

3. What poem personifies death as a hurried traveler?

4. What is the focus of the author's version of "Red Riding Hood"?

5. Whose quote inspired The Awful Rowing Toward God?

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