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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 "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what is the first indication that the worker is undergoing cancer treatment?
(a) Chemo injection syringes.
(b) "Chemo-glam cotton headscarf."
(c) Chemo anti-nausea medication.
(d) A book about chemo.

2. Why does the speaker say he kept dancing even though the song had finished in "Not Even"?
(a) It freed him.
(b) It felt painful.
(c) It felt like love.
(d) It made him love his partner.

3. In "Reasons for Staying," what sounds "like footsteps" when you play it?
(a) The flute.
(b) The broken piano under a bridge in Windsor.
(c) The window.
(d) The guitar.

4. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what are some purchases that reveal the worker's pain?
(a) Band-aids.
(b) Heating pads, painkilling pills, and painkilling pads.
(c) Illegal drug purchases.
(d) Alcohol.

5. In "Künstlerroman," who does the man in the movie end up being?
(a) The speaker's best friend.
(b) The speaker.
(c) The speaker's father.
(d) A famous actor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Nothing," what does the speaker brush from Peter's beard?

2. In "Künstlerroman," where are some of the places the man in the movie visits?

3. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what is one of the worker's hobbies judging from the purchase history?

4. In "Ars Poetica as the Maker," what does the speaker dip his fingers back into?

5. In "Reasons for Staying," what is the only thing that rhymes with music?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Nothing," what does the speaker wonder about himself and Peter?

2. In "The Punctum," what does the tour guide say that historians have done?

3. Where does the speaker in "The Punctum" visit?

4. What does the speaker in "The Punctum" learn about?

5. In "Tell Me Something Good," what does the speaker want to tell his younger self?

6. In "Nothing," what story about Peter's grandmother does the speaker recount?

7. What does the speaker do with Peter in "Nothing"?

8. In "Scavengers," what kind of imagery does the speaker use?

9. What is one reason that the speaker is a writer in "Ars Poetica as the Maker"?

10. Who does the speaker wish to communicate with in "No One Knows the Way to Heaven"?

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