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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Beautiful Short Loser," why does the speaker say magic is real?
(a) We all play cards.
(b) We all eat.
(c) We all disappear.
(d) We all fight.

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

3. In "Dear Sara," what do sleeping elephants look like?
(a) Highways.
(b) Blurred boulders.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Golf courses.

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

5. What does winning look like to the speaker at the end of "Dear Peter"?
(a) His being able to cook.
(b) His being able to clean.
(c) His getting a new job.
(d) His fingers shaking.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Skinny Dipping," what does the speaker want to do?

2. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," what does the speaker say he will do when the flood comes?

3. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," what does the speaker "cut his teeth on"?

4. In "Rise and Shine," what do the crickets do in first light?

5. In "Rise and Shine," what does the speaker steal money to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," what does the speaker think he learns from the crying boy?

2. What do you think Vuong means in "The Bull" when he says that as a boy, he is the "murderer of his own childhood"?

3. In "Snow Theory," what does the snow symbolize?

4. In "Dear T," what does the speaker hope that writing can do, even though he knows this is impossible?

5. In "Dear Peter," who is Peter to the speaker?

6. In "American Legend," how does the speaker feel about his father right as the crash is happening?

7. In "The Bull," how does the boy feel about the bull?

8. In "Skinny Dipping," what happens when the speaker jumps from the bridge?

9. In "Dear Sara," what does Vuong use as a metaphor for words?

10. In "The Last Dinosaur," what does the speaker examine?

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