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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "American Legend," what does the speaker's father tell him to do after having a heart-to heart one night?
(a) Find a new job.
(b) Leave.
(c) Find a new partner.
(d) Write about it.

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

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

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

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

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

7. In "Dear T," what does the speaker say the birds are?
(a) Distractions.
(b) Feelings.
(c) Harbingers.
(d) Holes in the gunshot sky.

8. In "Dear Sara," what does the speaker say he is trying to do?
(a) Stay clean.
(b) Cook for himself.
(c) Die with honor.
(d) Find a job.

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

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

11. What does the speaker compare his name to in "Skinny Dipping"?
(a) The past tense.
(b) A vegetable.
(c) The future.
(d) A piece of meat.

12. In "Dear Sara," what does the speaker compare words to?
(a) Money.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Friends.
(d) Ants.

13. In "Dear Peter," where does the speaker think it is safe?
(a) In New York.
(b) In his own head.
(c) On the bridge.
(d) In the jail.

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

15. Which of the following phrases does Vuong identify as toxic in "Old Glory"?
(a) Love hurts.
(b) Trim your sails.
(c) Bombshell blonde.
(d) Stay the course.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Dear Sara," what does Sara look out at at the end of the poem?

3. In "Dear Sara," what does Sara's name sharpen against?

4. What was no one at the bridge, according to the speaker, in "Skinny Dipping"?

5. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," what is the speaker ready for?

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