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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) Write about it.
(b) Leave.
(c) Find a new job.
(d) Find a new partner.

2. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," what does the speaker say he is?
(a) Gloss.
(b) All talk and a French tuck.
(c) Silliness.
(d) Lies.

3. What does the speaker in "Skinny Dipping" keep?
(a) His hope.
(b) His friends.
(c) His love for his mother.
(d) His sandwich.

4. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what does the speaker think he is on?
(a) A fence.
(b) Social assistance.
(c) A losing streak.
(d) A winning streak.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Dear Peter," what does the speaker say he is still afraid of?

2. What does the fall actually do to the speaker in "Skinny Dipping"?

3. In "You Guys," what friend does the speaker watch television with?

4. In "The Last Dinosaurs," why is the dinosaur mad at the human?

5. In "You Guys," what does the speaker and his friend celebrate?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "You Guys," how does the speaker feel about his friends?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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