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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Naming," the author has lost the meaning of words, but she still knows the meaning of sugar and what?
(a) Spices.
(b) Salt.
(c) Flour.
(d) Pine needle.

2. Who wrote "Shedding Skin"?
(a) Linda Gregg.
(b) Nancy Mairs.
(c) Harryette Mullen.
(d) Maggie Anderson.

3. In "Aqueducts," the author imagines the aqueducts where?
(a) Northern Italy.
(b) Southern Italy.
(c) Eastern Germany.
(d) Western Germany.

4. Who is the author of "Song of the Prodigal Son"?
(a) Herberto Padilla.
(b) Angel Gonzales.
(c) Joy Harjo.
(d) Anzar Hitoshi.

5. Whose dad tipped the boat in "The Father, Who Could Not Swim"?
(a) Robertson's.
(b) Johnson's.
(c) Ashley's.
(d) Kaufman's.

6. Who wrote "Hitchhiker"?
(a) Lucille Clifton.
(b) Jimmy Santiago Baca.
(c) Jack Ridl.
(d) James Baker Hall.

7. Who is the author of "Waking Instructions"?
(a) David Hassler.
(b) Emma Mellon.
(c) Harryette Mullen.
(d) Bill Meissner.

8. Who is the author of "Bittersweet"?
(a) Nancy Mairs.
(b) Harriet Jacobs.
(c) Lavonne J. Adams.
(d) Emma Mellon.

9. In the Introduction by Naomi Shihab Nye, the author leaves what behind on an airplane?
(a) Her watch.
(b) Her jacket.
(c) Her purse.
(d) Her neck pillow.

10. Who wrote "My Father in the Stacks"?
(a) Lisa Ruth Shulman.
(b) David Hassler.
(c) Jim Natal.
(d) Hal Sirowitz.

11. What poem did Siv Cedering contribute to the collection?
(a) "The Changeling."
(b) "The Question."
(c) "Driving."
(d) "Silence."

12. What can the author remember clearly of the children of his first grade class in "First Grade"?
(a) Their names.
(b) Their handwriting.
(c) Their stories.
(d) Their faces.

13. What kind of tree does the author climb in "Leaving the Light On"?
(a) Cherry tree.
(b) Apple tree.
(c) Pine tree.
(d) Redwood tree.

14. In "Last-Minute Message for a Time Capsule," the author writes, "we also had the righteous ones who worshiped the True Faith, and" what?
(a) "Crucifixion."
(b) "Bible."
(c) "Moses."
(d) "Holy War."

15. Who is the author of the poem "I Myself"?
(a) Hal Sirowitz.
(b) Angel Gonzales.
(c) Robert Dana.
(d) Anzar Hitoshi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "What the Stones Knew"?

2. Who is the author of "That Was the Summer We Had Animals"?

3. Who wrote "The Higher Reaches"?

4. "What Gets Lost/Lo Que Se Pierde" is written by whom?

5. Who wrote the poem, "So Far"?

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