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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Dear T," why is T smiling as he and the speakers are boys?
(a) The stars are just stars.
(b) They have a lot of years to live.
(c) They will die soon.
(d) They just might get out of the world alive.

2. In "The Last Dinosaurs," what does the speaker eat?
(a) Meat.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Only vegetables.
(d) The apple.

3. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what is nobody free without first doing?
(a) Breaking open.
(b) Winning.
(c) Hearing someone else for the first time.
(d) Eating.

4. What do the houses do one by one in "Snow Theory"?
(a) Light their trees.
(b) Burn.
(c) Lose their heating.
(d) Turn off their lights.

5. In "American Legend," who does the speaker call after the crash?
(a) His brother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

6. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," what does the speaker say he is?
(a) Silliness.
(b) Lies.
(c) Gloss.
(d) All talk and a French tuck.

7. In "American Legend," what is the speaker taking his dog for?
(a) To have puppies.
(b) To go on a road trip.
(c) To be groomed.
(d) To be put to sleep.

8. What is Old Glory a nickname for in the poem by the same title?
(a) A car.
(b) The cumberbund.
(c) A hitman.
(d) The American flag.

9. In "Snow Theory," what does the speaker say we will always have?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Hope.
(c) Something we lost.
(d) Something we found.

10. In "American Legend," what does the dog do after the crash?
(a) Dies.
(b) Eats.
(c) Escapes into the woods.
(d) Barks.

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

12. In "American Legend," what does the speaker compare his father's aftershave to?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

13. In "Rise and Shine," what do the crickets do in first light?
(a) Dream.
(b) Eat.
(c) Unhinge their jaws.
(d) Sleep.

14. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," what does the boy do after his sifts at McDonald's?
(a) Eat.
(b) Call his mother.
(c) Cry in his car.
(d) Race his car.

15. What does the speaker see in the snow in "Snow Theory"?
(a) His father.
(b) Himself.
(c) The outline of his mother.
(d) A bull.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "You Guys," what does the speaker have in his bathtub?

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

3. In "Beautiful Short Loser," where does the speaker leave some blood?

4. What does the speaker in "Skinny Dipping" think the fall will do to him?

5. What does the speaker compare childhood to in "Dear Peter"?

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