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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 "Scavengers," who does the fisherman become at the end of the poem?
2. In "Not Even," what does the speaker say the word for weakness is in his language?
3. In "Nothing," what does the speaker imagine as rising from the bread?
4. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what are some purchases that reveal the worker's pain?
5. In "Reasons for Staying," mercy is small, but what is smaller?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does the speaker see himself in "Tell Me Something Good"?
2. What does the speaker eventually realize about himself and the man in the movie in "Künstlerroman"?
3. What items point to the suffering of the speaker's mother in "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker"?
4. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what does the reader learn about the speaker's mother?
5. In "Not Even," what does a young woman tell the speaker that the speaker finds offensive?
6. What does the speaker do with the movie in "Künstlerroman"?
7. What particular item in "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker" is ominous and morbid?
8. What does the speaker imply but not directly state in "Tell Me Something Good"?
9. What does the speaker make a list of in "Reasons for Staying"?
10. In "Tell Me Something Good," what does the speaker want to tell his younger self?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Vuong experiment with different forms and structures of his poems throughout this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
In "Rise and Shine," why does the speaker make eggs for his mother, and what do the eggs symbolize? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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