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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "You Guys," what does the speaker and his friend celebrate?
(a) What would have been his friend's mother's 56th birthday.
(b) His wedding.
(c) His friend's birthday.
(d) His birthday.

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

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

4. What does the speaker in "Skinny Dipping" keep?
(a) His love for his mother.
(b) His friends.
(c) His sandwich.
(d) His hope.

5. In "You Guys," what does the speaker say it is hard to tell from breathing?
(a) Intent.
(b) Gender.
(c) Love.
(d) Longevity.

6. In "Dear Sara," what do the ants lead back to?
(a) Stone tablets.
(b) Water.
(c) Fire.
(d) Food.

7. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what does the speaker do in the streets?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Eat.
(c) Shoots someone.
(d) Play air guitar.

8. In "Beautiful Short Loser, what does the speaker tell the police officer who pulls him over he does not believe in?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Time.
(c) Money.
(d) Love.

9. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," what is the speaker ready for?
(a) War.
(b) College.
(c) Love.
(d) A new job.

10. In "The Bull," who is the speaker?
(a) A woman.
(b) A man.
(c) A girl.
(d) A boy.

11. In "Rise and Shine," what does the speaker steal money to do?
(a) Buy a car.
(b) Buy drugs.
(c) See a movie.
(d) Buy food.

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

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

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

15. In "American Legend," where does the speaker go after the crash?
(a) To his friend's house.
(b) To the countryside.
(c) To the airport.
(d) To the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "You Guys," what does the speaker apologize for "only" being useful in?

2. In "Rise and Shine," what does the speaker compare his mother's face to?

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

4. In "Dear Peter," what does the man in the back of Walgreens once say to the speaker?

5. What does winning look like to the speaker at the end of "Dear Peter"?

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