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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker remember doing with his mother in the snow in "Snow Theory"?
(a) Drinking hot chocolate.
(b) Making an angel.
(c) Crying.
(d) Laughing.

2. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," where does the speaker play the piano?
(a) The hotel.
(b) A room with no roof.
(c) The library.
(d) His teacher's house.

3. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what does the speaker wear?
(a) A wedding dress on backwards.
(b) A backwards hat.
(c) A ring.
(d) A bracelet.

4. In "You Guys," what friend does the speaker watch television with?
(a) Sam.
(b) Wendy.
(c) Emily.
(d) Harry.

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

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

7. In "American Legend," who is the passenger in the car?
(a) The speaker.
(b) The father.
(c) The friend.
(d) The mother.

8. What does the fall actually do to the speaker in "Skinny Dipping"?
(a) Makes him sad.
(b) Makes him real.
(c) Makes him honest.
(d) Makes him respected.

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

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

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

12. What was no one at the bridge, according to the speaker, in "Skinny Dipping"?
(a) Fun.
(b) Young.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Ugly.

13. What does the speaker do at 2 a.m. in "You Guys"?
(a) Eat.
(b) Sing.
(c) Go drinking.
(d) Brush his teeth.

14. In "Beautiful Short Loser," where does the speaker leave some blood?
(a) On the grass.
(b) On the bone-colored fence.
(c) On his jeans.
(d) On his scarf.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Last Dinosaurs," what was the dinosaur made to do?

2. What is Old Glory a nickname for in the poem by the same title?

3. What does the speaker in "Skinny Dipping" wear as he falls?

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

5. In "The Bull," who does the speaker say is his "god"?

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