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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 “Theatrical Improvisation,” a woman stands in fear as she remembers what?
(a) Being drowned.
(b) Being pulled and dragged.
(c) Being thrown off a cliff.
(d) Getting a bad grade in a class.

2. In “Watershed,” the speaker in italics feels him or herself being pulled up through what?
(a) The center of the earth.
(b) The attic.
(c) The ground.
(d) The many floors of the hospital up to the sky.

3. In "4 ½," the little girl is compared to what?
(a) A cute puppy about to chew up your shoe.
(b) A cute bunny who has just eaten the plants in your garden.
(c) A cute cat, lying in wait to pounce on a mouse.
(d) A cute mountain goat who, although first seems harmless, soon lunges at you.

4. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” a man is leaning on what?
(a) A wall.
(b) A friend.
(c) A cane.
(d) A stick or a rifle.

5. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” actors arrive, carrying what?
(a) Heavy burdens.
(b) Sticks.
(c) Guns.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In “Eternity, Nanluoguxiang Alley" the speaker says that seeing these familiar faces of others makes the speaker believe what?

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 “Political Poem,” the work of these engines takes forever, and the speaker thinks of how he or she would love what?

5. "The Everlasting Self" is about one coming in from where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the women say to the man, as they crouch down around him in "Theatrical Improvisation"?

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

3. What is described in "Unrest in Baton Rouge"?

4. What does the audience begin to sense in "Theatrical Improvisation"?

5. In "Eternity: Lama Temple," what does the speaker notice around him or her?

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

7. What are two of the questions asked in "The United States Welcomes You"?

8. To what does the speaker in “Dusk” compare life with her teenage daughter?

9. What does the speaker say about the wall in "Mutianyu, Great Wall"?

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

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