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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 "Dear Sara," what do the ants lead back to?
(a) Stone tablets.
(b) Fire.
(c) Water.
(d) Food.
2. In "Snow Theory," what does the speaker say we will always have?
(a) Something we found.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Hope.
(d) Something we lost.
3. What do the houses do one by one in "Snow Theory"?
(a) Light their trees.
(b) Lose their heating.
(c) Turn off their lights.
(d) Burn.
4. What does the speaker compare his name to in "Skinny Dipping"?
(a) The future.
(b) A vegetable.
(c) A piece of meat.
(d) The past tense.
5. In "Dear Sara," what are none of us children long enough to do?
(a) Enter maturity.
(b) Cook for ourselves.
(c) Love it.
(d) Leave childhood.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "American Legend," what does the speaker compare his father's aftershave to?
2. In "The Last Dinosaurs," what was the dinosaur made to do?
3. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what is everywhere inside the speaker's head?
4. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what does the speaker do with his one short beautiful life?
5. In "American Legend," what is the speaker taking his dog for?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "American Legend," how does the speaker feel about his father right as the crash is happening?
2. In "Waterline," what does the speaker imagine?
3. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what does the speaker's friend Jaxson cry after?
4. In "Dear Peter," who is Peter to the speaker?
5. In "Dear T," what does the speaker hope that writing can do, even though he knows this is impossible?
6. In "Snow Theory," what does the snow symbolize?
7. In "Dear Peter," where is the speaker?
8. In "Rise and Shine," how does the speaker betray his own mother?
9. In "American Legend," what does the speaker suspect about himself and his motivations during the car crash?
10. In "American Legend," what is the purpose of the car ride of the speaker with his father?
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