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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) "Holy War."
(c) "Moses."
(d) "Bible."

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

3. 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 dirt.
(c) In the sand.
(d) On the chalkboard.

4. In "Drifter, Owl, Mouse," the mouse prays inside what?
(a) The owl's beak.
(b) The owl's talon's.
(c) A tree trunk.
(d) A rock outcropping.

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

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

7. Who wrote the poem "Orange Juice"?
(a) Lisa Ruth Shulman.
(b) Robert Dana.
(c) Amy Adams.
(d) Herberto Padilla.

8. In "Almost Evenly Divided," the author's life is nearly evenly divided between being Puerto-Rican and a what?
(a) Chicagoan.
(b) Bostonian.
(c) San Franciscan.
(d) New Yorker.

9. For whom is the poem "On the Suicide of a Young Boy I Did Not Know" written?
(a) Jennifer and Bridgett.
(b) Kaitlin and Jorie.
(c) Becca and Rosa.
(d) Selma and Josephine.

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

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

12. Who is the author of "Years of Solitude"?
(a) David Hassler.
(b) Jim Natal.
(c) Dionisio D. Martinez.
(d) Sandra Gail Teichmann.

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

14. Who does the author meet at a crossroads in "I Myself"?
(a) Himself.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His grandfather.

15. What gets lost in the dark in "Dedication"?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Poems.
(c) A child.
(d) A dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "What We Want"?

2. "Last-Minute Message for a Time Capsule" is written by whom?

3. Who wrote the poem titled "Stranded"?

4. Who wrote "Simple Song of Being Oneself"?

5. What is the coat lined with in "My Father's Coat"?

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