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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. What does the speaker in "Skinny Dipping" wear as he falls?
(a) His ring.
(b) Blue vans.
(c) His hat.
(d) His gloves.

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

3. In "Dear Sara," what does the speaker say he is trying to do?
(a) Find a job.
(b) Stay clean.
(c) Die with honor.
(d) Cook for himself.

4. In "The Bull," how does the night appear around the bull?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Black.
(c) Purple.
(d) Green.

5. In "Beautiful Short Loser," where does the speaker leave some blood?
(a) On the grass.
(b) On the bone-colored fence.
(c) On his jeans.
(d) On his scarf.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Dear Sara," what do the ants lead back to?

2. In "American Legend," who is the passenger in the car?

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

4. In "Beautiful Short Loser, what does the speaker tell the police officer who pulls him over he does not believe in?

5. In "American Legend," what does the dog do after the crash?

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 "The Last Dinosaur," what does the speaker examine?

3. In "Snow Theory," what does the speaker not do since seeing the snow?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In "Old Glory," what are some concepts the speaker is criticizing?

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