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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote "The Higher Reaches"?
(a) Nick Flynn.
(b) Bruce Bennett.
(c) Ken Fontenot.
(d) Jack Gilbert.

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

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

5. In "The Higher Reaches," a man gloats that soon he will have nothing to say and will what?
(a) Say it perfectly.
(b) Say it loudly.
(c) Say it without fear.
(d) Stay silent.

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

7. Who wrote "First Grade"?
(a) Roger Jones.
(b) Herberto Padilla.
(c) Robert Dana.
(d) Bill Meissner.

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

9. To whom is "What Great Grief Has Made the Empress Mute" dedicated?
(a) The Princess Takara.
(b) The Empress Michiko.
(c) The Empress Gemmei.
(d) The Empress Saimei.

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

11. Who wrote the poem "Nine"?
(a) Lavonne J. Adams.
(b) Dionisio D. Martinez.
(c) Amy Adams.
(d) Harryette Mullen.

12. What is the coat lined with in "My Father's Coat"?
(a) Fish scales.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Dog hair.

13. "What Gets Lost/Lo Que Se Pierde" is written by whom?
(a) Kimberly J. Brown.
(b) Jimmy Santiago Baca.
(c) John Sangster.
(d) Alastair Reid.

14. Who wrote "Legend"?
(a) Craig Czury.
(b) Bruce Bennett.
(c) Ben Judson.
(d) Philip Appleman.

15. In "Stranded," the beloved's name drips from the author's what?
(a) Eyelashes.
(b) Nose.
(c) Ear.
(d) Chin.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Child Proof" is by what author?

2. Who is the author of "Drifter, Owl, Mouse"?

3. For whom is the poem "On the Suicide of a Young Boy I Did Not Know" written?

4. "Other Lives" is by what author?

5. Who wrote the poem "Orange Juice"?

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