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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 "Skinny Dipping," what does the speaker want to do?
(a) Make snow.
(b) Find a new job.
(c) Leap from the bridge.
(d) Eat ice cream.

2. What does the speaker in "Skinny Dipping" think the fall will do to him?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Injure him.
(c) Make his dreams come true.
(d) Heal him.

3. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," what does the boy do after his sifts at McDonald's?
(a) Eat.
(b) Cry in his car.
(c) Race his car.
(d) Call his mother.

4. In "American Legend," why does the speaker say he crashed the car?
(a) He wanted to feel pain.
(b) He wanted to get attention.
(c) To hold his father and free his dog.
(d) He did not do it on purpose.

5. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," what is the speaker ready for?
(a) A new job.
(b) Love.
(c) War.
(d) College.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Dear Peter," what does the man in the back of Walgreens once say to the speaker?

2. In "American Legend," who is driving?

3. In "Dear Sara," what does the speaker say he is trying to do?

4. What does the speaker wear in "Skinny Dipping"?

5. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what does the speaker think he is on?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Dear T," what does the speaker remember?

2. In "Rise and Shine," what does the speaker do to try to atone for treating his mother badly?

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

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

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

6. In "Skinny Dipping," what does the speaker yearn for?

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

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

9. In "Dear Sara," what does Sara ask the speaker about?

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

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