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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is each wave in "Toy Boat" like?
(a) A washing machine.
(b) A cycle.
(c) A green lamp.
(d) A windchime.

2. In "Künstlerroman," when does the speaker dance with his mother?
(a) During his own graduation.
(b) During a huge snowstorm.
(c) During a wedding.
(d) During her second wedding.

3. In "Reasons for Staying," where do the speaker's best words come from?
(a) The past.
(b) Farthest from himself.
(c) The sun.
(d) The moon.

4. In "Scavengers," who does the fisherman become at the end of the poem?
(a) A boy with too much to carry.
(b) A husband.
(c) A priest.
(d) A ghost.

5. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what painkiller does the worker buy?
(a) Motrin.
(b) Morphine.
(c) Tylenol.
(d) Advil.

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

7. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what sweet snack does the worker buy?
(a) Sweet dumplings.
(b) M&Ms.
(c) Gummi bears.
(d) Little Debbie cakes.

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

9. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what is one of the worker's hobbies judging from the purchase history?
(a) Running.
(b) Crocheting.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Painting.

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

11. In "Reasons for Staying," mercy is small, but what is smaller?
(a) The earth.
(b) The moon.
(c) The stars.
(d) The sun.

12. In "Not Even," what does napalm have?
(a) A legacy.
(b) A foe.
(c) A friend.
(d) A "rainbow afterglow."

13. In "Not Even," what does the speaker say he used to be?
(a) A drink.
(b) An anomaly.
(c) A journal.
(d) A fag.

14. In "Ars Poetica as the Maker," what does the speaker dip his fingers back into?
(a) The wind.
(b) The paint.
(c) The fire.
(d) The sea.

15. In "Nothing," what does the speaker imagine as rising from the bread?
(a) Poems.
(b) Spells.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Prayers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Künstlerroman," who does the man in the movie end up being?

2. In "Künstlerroman," what does the speaker do with the movie once it ends?

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

4. In "Tell Me Something Good," what does the speaker's mother's boyfriend smell like?

5. In "Not Even," where does the speaker get off of the Amtrak train?

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