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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. In "Künstlerroman," what birthday does the speaker revisit?

2. In "Nothing," what do the speaker and his partner do together?

3. In "Künstlerroman," who does the man in the movie end up being?

4. In "Reasons for Staying," what sounds "like footsteps" when you play it?

5. In "Not Even," what does napalm have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what does the reader learn about the speaker's mother?

8. In "Not Even," what does a young woman tell the speaker that the speaker finds offensive?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Vuong address the act and topic of forgiveness throughout the collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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