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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the speaker say he will not dance alone in "Not Even"?
(a) The rally.
(b) The club.
(c) The homestead.
(d) The municipal graveyard at midnight.

2. In "Künstlerroman," what is the name of the dog the speaker lost?
(a) Cheetah.
(b) Henry.
(c) Spike.
(d) Ben.

3. In "Ars Poetica as the Maker," what does the speaker try to stretch the clay slab into?
(a) Heather.
(b) Five blades of light.
(c) Reason.
(d) Trees.

4. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what purchase does the worker make that seems to be in anticipation of her death?
(a) A diary.
(b) A suitcase.
(c) An urn.
(d) A photo album.

5. In "Toy Boat," what are the sparrows "pierced by"?
(a) The bullets.
(b) Their names.
(c) The wind.
(d) The song.

6. In "Nothing," what does the speaker brush from Peter's beard?
(a) Ice.
(b) Fuzz.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Crumbs.

7. In "Nothing," what does Peter's grandmother survive?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) The Holocaust.
(c) The Dustbowl.
(d) The Korean War.

8. In "Ars Poetica as the Maker," what book of the Bible does Vuong quote from?
(a) Genesis.
(b) Revelations.
(c) Corinthians.
(d) Aftermath.

9. In "The Punctum," how does the speaker describe "the skill lodged in the gravedigger's hands"?
(a) As "the innocents."
(b) As "timeless."
(c) As often the same one "lodged behind your face."
(d) As "the original sin."

10. In "Reasons for Staying," what does the speaker's mother apply before heading to chemo?
(a) Blush.
(b) Lipstick.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A coat.

11. In "Nothing," whose recipe is the bread recipe?
(a) The neighbor's.
(b) Peter's grandmother's.
(c) The speaker's mother's.
(d) The speaker's.

12. In "Tell Me Something Good," what does the speaker's mother's boyfriend smell like?
(a) Beer.
(b) Antifreeze.
(c) Chips.
(d) Whiskey and oreos.

13. In "Not Even," where does the speaker get off of the Amtrak train?
(a) Missoula.
(b) Helena.
(c) Indianapolis.
(d) San Francisco.

14. In "Not Even," what does the speaker suggest "made" his people instead of "the crash"?
(a) The moon.
(b) The debris.
(c) The sun.
(d) The sea.

15. In "Not Even," what does the woman on the train bring to the speaker?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A sandwich.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Not Even," why does a young woman once tell the speaker he is "lucky"?

2. In "Reasons for Staying," how does the speaker describe the suicide of his uncle?

3. In "Reasons for Staying," what does a blade of brown rye multiplied by thousands create?

4. In "Not Even," what does the speaker decide he wants from now on at the end of the poem?

5. In "Künstlerroman," where are some of the places the man in the movie visits?

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