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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker in "Skinny Dipping" think the fall will do to him?

2. What is Old Glory a nickname for in the poem by the same title?

3. What does the speaker wear in "Skinny Dipping"?

4. In "American Legend," what does the speaker compare his father's aftershave to?

5. What was no one at the bridge, according to the speaker, in "Skinny Dipping"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In "The Bull," how does the boy feel about the bull?

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

5. In "The Last Dinosaur," what does the speaker examine?

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

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

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

9. In "Rise and Shine," how does the speaker betray his own mother?

10. In "Dear Peter," where is the speaker?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the speaker describe his personal problems with drug addiction? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What comments and observations is Vuong making about American culture in the poem "Old Glory"? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What relationship does Vuong draw between intimacy and distance throughout this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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