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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 "Not Even," what does the speaker remember seeing from an Amtrak train in Iowa?
(a) A rainbow.
(b) A man standing still in a field.
(c) An explosion.
(d) A cow.

2. In "Not Even," what does napalm have?
(a) A foe.
(b) A "rainbow afterglow."
(c) A friend.
(d) A legacy.

3. In "Künstlerroman," when does the speaker dance with his mother?
(a) During his own graduation.
(b) During a huge snowstorm.
(c) During a wedding.
(d) During her second wedding.

4. In "Nothing," what do the speaker and his partner do together?
(a) Dance.
(b) Sing.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Shovel snow.

5. In "Not Even," what does the speaker say is necessary to "make it out of here"?
(a) A miracle.
(b) Sorcery.
(c) Pain.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Not Even," what does the speaker "throw himself" into?

2. In "Künstlerroman," what is the street the speaker's car crashed on?

3. In "No One Knows the Way to Heaven," where did Evan shoot himself?

4. In "Nothing," what do ghosts who are family say?

5. Who is "Toy Boat" written for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What items point to the suffering of the speaker's mother in "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker"?

3. What are some reasons the speaker wants to stay in his hometown in "Reasons for Staying"?

4. In "Scavengers," who is the speaker with and in what context?

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

6. What does the speaker do with the movie in "Künstlerroman"?

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

8. What is the poem "Toy Boat" about?

9. Where does the speaker see himself in "Tell Me Something Good"?

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

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