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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Watershed,” what does the speaker first describe?
(a) Land and cattle.
(b) Beautiful water.
(c) The landfill.
(d) J's life.

2. In "Urban Youth," the speaker remembers her home and her mother’s worry as her father and siblings teach her what?
(a) To play ball.
(b) To ride a bike.
(c) To garden.
(d) To dance.

3. In “Eternity, Songzhuang Art Village," the speaker describes pulling what out of art racks, as if they are spirits who are no longer in their bodies?
(a) Scrolls.
(b) Prints.
(c) Canvases.
(d) Frames.

4. In “Political Poem,” the work of these engines takes forever, and the speaker thinks of how he or she would love what?
(a) How little it would last.
(b) How smooth it would be.
(c) How long it would last.
(d) How nice the grass would smell.

5. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” a person says that a woman pulled something from her head and told her what?
(a) It was unlawful.
(b) It was not allowed.
(c) It was disgusting.
(d) It was a sin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Dusk," although the speaker sits at the same table with her daughter, what is clear?

2. In “Eternity, Nanluoguxiang Alley," the speaker is looking for the face of whom amid the faces of others?

3. In "4 ½," the speaker describes a little girl who is either found asleep with her stuffed animals in the morning or doing what?

4. 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?

5. In “Watershed,” the speaker describes the poor choices made by whom, including keeping the chemical leak secret?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does "The United States Welcomes You" end?

2. In "Theatrical Improvisation," what do two of the people remember?

3. How does the speaker feel in “In Your Condition”?

4. What does the speaker realize about life in “An Old Story”?

5. What is said about the house in “Ash”?

6. What does the speaker observe in “Beatific”?

7. An actor in "Theatrical Improvisation" says that they were given a piece of paper to draw what they experienced. What are a few of their experiences?

8. What does the speaker find in "Eternity: Songzhuang Art Village"?

9. Of what is the speaker ashamed in “Annunciation”?

10. How does the speaker describe a woman in “Charity”?

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