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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 "American Legend," what does the speaker's father tell him to do after having a heart-to heart one night?
(a) Find a new partner.
(b) Write about it.
(c) Find a new job.
(d) Leave.

2. In "Rise and Shine," what does the speaker steal money to do?
(a) See a movie.
(b) Buy a car.
(c) Buy drugs.
(d) Buy food.

3. In "You Guys," what does the speaker say it is hard to tell from breathing?
(a) Intent.
(b) Gender.
(c) Love.
(d) Longevity.

4. What does the speaker wear that belongs to Peter in "Dear Peter"?
(a) Peter's gloves.
(b) Peter's socks.
(c) Peter's hat.
(d) Peter's shoes.

5. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," what does the speaker "cut his teeth on"?
(a) The "good sin."
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Meat.
(d) Cheese.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Rise and Shine," what does the speaker cook for his mother?

2. What is Old Glory a nickname for in the poem by the same title?

3. In "You Guys," what does the speaker say he is told our blood looks like before "touching the world"?

4. What does the speaker see in the snow in "Snow Theory"?

5. In "Rise and Shine," what does the speaker draw in purple marker?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In "Waterline," what does the speaker imagine?

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

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

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

8. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what does the speaker's friend Jaxson cry after?

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

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

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