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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Reasons for Staying," what does a blade of brown rye multiplied by thousands create?
(a) Miracles.
(b) A purple field.
(c) Hunger.
(d) A piece of bread.

2. In "Not Even," what does the speaker "throw himself" into?
(a) Pain.
(b) His job.
(c) Gravity.
(d) Helplessness.

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

4. In "Not Even," what does the speaker say is necessary to "make it out of here"?
(a) Pain.
(b) Love.
(c) A miracle.
(d) Sorcery.

5. In "Reasons for Staying," what sounds "like footsteps" when you play it?
(a) The flute.
(b) The broken piano under a bridge in Windsor.
(c) The guitar.
(d) The window.

6. In "Not Even," what is the word for love in the speaker's language?
(a) Lin.
(b) Yeu.
(c) Amore.
(d) Fani.

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

8. What institution does the speaker visit in "The Punctum"?
(a) The Library of Congress.
(b) The Coliseum.
(c) The Acquaducts.
(d) The Smithsonian.

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

10. In "Künstlerroman," what does the speaker do with the movie once it ends?
(a) Asks his mother to watch it with him.
(b) Reviews it.
(c) Throws it away.
(d) Watches it backwards.

11. In "Not Even," what does the speaker want to say to his mother as her body bag is zipped?
(a) You won.
(b) Godspeed.
(c) Finally.
(d) Get out of there.

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

13. In "Scavengers," what does the speaker compare himself and his lover to?
(a) Songs.
(b) Poems.
(c) Trout on the shore.
(d) Flowers.

14. In "Künstlerroman," what birthday does the speaker revisit?
(a) His thirtieth.
(b) His tenth.
(c) His twentieth.
(d) His seventh.

15. In "No One Knows the Way to Heaven," where did Evan shoot himself?
(a) His bedroom.
(b) The school.
(c) His sister's chicken coop.
(d) The mall.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what purchase does the worker make that seems to be in anticipation of her death?

2. In "Reasons for Staying," what is the speaker's "last address"?

3. In "Not Even," what does the speaker suggest "made" his people instead of "the crash"?

4. In "Reasons for Staying," what keeps burning in California?

5. In "Reasons for Staying," what is the only thing that rhymes with music?

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