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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "You Guys," what friend does the speaker watch television with?
2. In "You Guys," what does the speaker say it is hard to tell from breathing?
3. In "Dear Peter," what does the man in the back of Walgreens once say to the speaker?
4. What does the speaker wear that belongs to Peter in "Dear Peter"?
5. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what does the speaker think he is on?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "American Legend," what does the speaker suspect about himself and his motivations during the car crash?
2. In "American Legend," how does the speaker feel about his father right as the crash is happening?
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 "You Guys," how does the speaker feel about his friends?
6. In "Snow Theory," what does the speaker not do since seeing the snow?
7. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what does the speaker's friend Jaxson cry after?
8. In "You Guys," what has happened to the rabbits?
9. In "Skinny Dipping," what happens when the speaker jumps from the bridge?
10. In "Dear Sara," what does Sara ask the speaker about?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Which individual poems do you think Vuong demonstrates the most skill and effectiveness through throughout this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
What personal struggles does the speaker in some of these poems convey to the reader, and through which poems does the speaker reveal his struggles? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
In the poem "American Legend," how does the speaker describe his relationship with his father? To what lengths does the speaker go to try to get closer to his father? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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