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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Dusk," although the speaker sits at the same table with her daughter, what is clear?
(a) She wishes she were elsewhere.
(b) Her daughter is busy doing homework.
(c) Her daughter cannot hear her.
(d) Her daughter is not interested in being with her mother.

2. In "Refuge," the narrator imagines what it must have been like to do what, as she imagines her mother and her hardships in Alabama?
(a) Flee, bleed, to endure insults.
(b) Fight, and fight, and fight.
(c) Run and hide.
(d) Cry, struggle, and run.

3. In “Watershed,” the speaker describes the poor choices made by whom, including keeping the chemical leak secret?
(a) J.
(b) R.
(c) DuPont.
(d) M.

4. In "Beatific," how do the drivers of the cars feel?
(a) Happy and entertained.
(b) Annoyed and impatient.
(c) Amused and delighted.
(d) Worried and anxious.

5. In "4 ½," like what animal pulling at its tether and scraping its horns against a rock, does the little girl emphasize what exactly she wants?
(a) The bunny.
(b) The cat.
(c) The goat.
(d) The puppy.

6. In "4 ½," the speaker describes a little girl who is either found asleep with her stuffed animals in the morning or doing what?
(a) Crying for Mommy to come play with her.
(b) Running around the house asking for breakfast.
(c) Barging into her mother’s room to wake her up and tell her she has to pee.
(d) Playing with her toys in her room.

7. How does “The United States Welcomes You” end?
(a) With the speaker asking about their cultural traditions.
(b) With the speaker telling them to leave.
(c) With a speaker asking if there are some sort of test that they must take and what if they fail.
(d) With the speaker asking them about their skill set.

8. In “Political Poem,” the speaker wonders what would happen if what happened?
(a) The mowers were moved to another yard.
(b) One mower after another stopped and greeted the others before returning back to work.
(c) The mowers all ran out of gas.
(d) The mowers mowed over each other's parts of the yard.

9. In “Political Poem,” the speaker talks about what kind of understanding in the work of these mowers?
(a) A unique.
(b) A common.
(c) An uncommon.
(d) A lack thereof.

10. In “Watershed,” D’s husband frequently came home sick, and she needed what?
(a) Brain surgery.
(b) An emergency hysterectomy.
(c) Chemotherapy.
(d) An emergency appendectomy.

11. A comparison is made in "The Everlasting Self" of an old love to what?
(a) Old photographs.
(b) An aging barn.
(c) Fine threads in a coat.
(d) Mud a dog has tracked in.

12. In “Watershed,” the speaker finishes in italics saying that, for him, God is what?
(a) Bands of energy.
(b) Warm water.
(c) Light.
(d) Heat.

13. In “Watershed,” In italics, the speaker who is floating over the city can move and do what?
(a) See clearly.
(b) Fly quickly.
(c) Sail smoothly.
(d) Think quickly.

14. In "Refuge," the speaker can picture the men walking up Harrison Street and pictures them as if they are who?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her friends.

15. In “The United States Welcomes You,” the speaker questions the color of what?
(a) The person’s gender.
(b) The person’s age.
(c) The person’s religion.
(d) The person’s skin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” what does the audience begin to sense?

2. In "Charity," the speaker describes an elderly woman as she does what?

3. In “Eternity, Lama Temple,” the speaker is surprised to be allowed to do?

4. In “Eternity, Mutianyu, Great Wall," the speaker describes the grabbing of the wall by whom?

5. In “The United States Welcomes You,” the speaker asks why the person is afraid and what else?

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