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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,” the women crouch down around the man and tell him what?
(a) They will not rest until his kind is dead.
(b) He should be sorry.
(c) They forgive him.
(d) The only way this country’s going to turn around is – it will be a bloodbath.

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 "An Old Story," the speaker says that they were told what would be horrible?
(a) The love for others.
(b) The watching of youth fade away.
(c) The end of life.
(d) The wanting, need, and strong hate.

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

5. In “Watershed,” how is camera footage described?
(a) Clear and beautiful.
(b) Bright, cheerful, and full of happy music.
(c) Filled with static and grainy with sounds that made it seem like a horror film.
(d) Dark and hard to see.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "In Your Condition," the speaker describes feeling how?

2. In “Watershed,” the speaker in italics feels him or herself being pulled up through what?

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

4. In “The United States Welcomes You,” the speaker asks if the person is there in regard to whom?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What are two things the speaker imagines in “Refuge”?

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 observe in “Beatific”?

9. What takes place in “Urban Youth”?

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

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