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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 man pretends to do what?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Spit.
(c) Choke.
(d) Cry.

2. In “Watershed,” soon after the sale of land, what happened?
(a) Cattle began to act insane.
(b) The land became more fertile.
(c) J moved far away.
(d) R reported what was happening.

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

4. In "Ash," the speaker describes a house that must constantly be replenished and repaired, a house that does what?
(a) Sings and dances.
(b) Trips and falls.
(c) Gets injured and injures.
(d) Complains and sighs.

5. In "In Your Condition," the speaker drinks bottle after bottle of water but gazed longingly at what?
(a) Deli meat.
(b) The steep hill.
(c) The bottles of red wine.
(d) Her bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Eternity, Songzhuang Art Village," seeing a photograph of her mother, the speaker reminds herself she once wrote what?

2. In "Refuge," the speaker imagines a teen girl in a camp in what country?

3. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” a woman stands in fear as she remembers what?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the speaker in "Eternity: Landscape Painting" say about the soul?

2. What does the speaker look for in "Eternity: Nanluoguxiang Alley"? What does she find?

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

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

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

6. What are two things to which history is compared in "New Road Station"?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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