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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Almost Evenly Divided"?
(a) Naomi Shihab Nye.
(b) Sandra Gail Teichmann.
(c) Emma Suarez-Baez.
(d) Harriet Jacobs.

2. Donna Leed's untitled poem talks of how she never saw the road between her house and her grandmother's house why?
(a) It was snow covered.
(b) It was flooded.
(c) The headlights went dim.
(d) She always fell asleep in the car.

3. In "Sudden," the newspaper might have used the word "massive" if it had been a heart attack, but it used what instead?
(a) "Fatal."
(b) "Debilitating."
(c) "Suddenly."
(d) "Enormous."

4. In "The Ants Are Using Sticks For Walls," ten-year-old girls want to be how old?
(a) 14.
(b) 21.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

5. Where does Naomi Shihab Nye live?
(a) Pueblo, Colorado.
(b) San Antonio, Texas.
(c) Salt Lake City, Utah.
(d) Flagstaff, Arizona.

6. Who is the author of "Organdy Curtains, Window, South Bank of the Ohio"?
(a) Lavonne J. Adams.
(b) Craig Czury.
(c) Ben Judson.
(d) James Baker Hall.

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

8. In "Hitchhiker," the author sees a hitchhiker on the edge of town that is a pupil who stayed late after school to write loneliness and love where?
(a) On a tree.
(b) In the sand.
(c) On the chalkboard.
(d) In the dirt.

9. Who wrote the poem "Dedication"?
(a) Sandra Gail Teichmann.
(b) Lisa Ruth Shulman.
(c) Martha Christina.
(d) Jim Natal.

10. In "What We Want," the author writes, "we all want to be lost, and looked for, and found again and welcomed home in the smoky darkness on any" what?
(a) "Spring morning."
(b) "Autumn morning."
(c) "Winter night."
(d) "Summer night."

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

12. "Last-Minute Message for a Time Capsule" is written by whom?
(a) Angel Gonzales.
(b) Herberto Padilla.
(c) Kimberly J. Brown.
(d) Philip Appleman.

13. In "Lens," the author wonders about the shouting in the house and why who must be watched?
(a) Brother.
(b) Sister.
(c) Mom.
(d) Dad.

14. Who wrote "Simple Song of Being Oneself"?
(a) Barbara McCauley.
(b) Philip Appleman.
(c) David Hassler.
(d) Vittorio Bodini.

15. Who wrote "Taking My Son to His First Day of Kindergarten"?
(a) William Trowbridge.
(b) Herberto Padilla.
(c) Harryette Mullen.
(d) Anzar Hitoshi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "What the Stones Knew"?

2. What poem by Haas H. Mroue is included in the collection?

3. In the Introduction by Naomi Shihab Nye, the author writes, "Losing makes us miserable, startles us awake. It's also" what?

4. What does the author find when he flees, trying to stay alone in "Simple Song of Being Oneself"?

5. Mom threw out the author's what in "Emergency Situation"?

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