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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," where does the speaker love the world the most?
(a) When he is in love.
(b) When he is working.
(c) When he is rock-bottom in his fast car going nowhere.
(d) When he is close to death.

2. In "Dear Peter," what book does the speaker find in the reading room?
(a) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
(b) Love and Hate.
(c) Farringdon.
(d) Helios.

3. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what does the speaker say the past tense always is?
(a) Angrier.
(b) Longer.
(c) Shorter.
(d) More vague.

4. In "Beautiful Short Loser," why does the speaker say magic is real?
(a) We all eat.
(b) We all play cards.
(c) We all disappear.
(d) We all fight.

5. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," what does the speaker say he will do when the flood comes?
(a) Raise his hand so they will know who to shoot.
(b) Die.
(c) Be reborn.
(d) Celebrate.

6. In "The Bull," what does the speaker not want the bull to be?
(a) Hungry.
(b) Angry.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) White.

7. In "Dear Sara," how old is Sara?
(a) 10.
(b) 19.
(c) 32.
(d) 7.

8. In "American Legend," what does the speaker say he might have wanted to do on purpose?
(a) Crash the car.
(b) Find a new job.
(c) Eat dinner.
(d) Complain.

9. In "American Legend," what do the speaker and his father do for the first time?
(a) Hug.
(b) Shout.
(c) Cry.
(d) Laugh.

10. In "Dear Peter," what does the speaker say he is still afraid of?
(a) Cereal.
(b) Friends.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Jell-O.

11. In "American Legend," why does the speaker say he crashed the car?
(a) He did not do it on purpose.
(b) He wanted to feel pain.
(c) He wanted to get attention.
(d) To hold his father and free his dog.

12. In "Beautiful Short Loser," who does the speaker imagine sometimes when he cannot sleep?
(a) Barishnikov.
(b) Van Gogh.
(c) Michael Hynes.
(d) Jane Austen.

13. In "The Bull," where does the bull appear?
(a) The dog house.
(b) The backyard.
(c) The lake.
(d) The race track.

14. In "Dear Sara," what do sleeping elephants look like?
(a) Highways.
(b) Blurred boulders.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Golf courses.

15. In "You Guys," what does the speaker swear to do at the end of the poem?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Cry.
(c) Leave the place spotless.
(d) Love more fiercely than before.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Rise and Shine," where does the speaker's mother work?

2. What does the speaker wear that belongs to Peter in "Dear Peter"?

3. In "Rise and Shine," what do the crickets do in first light?

4. What does the speaker see in the snow in "Snow Theory"?

5. In "You Guys," what does the speaker and his friend celebrate?

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