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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the author of "That Was the Summer We Had Animals"?
(a) Jack Ridl.
(b) Bill Meissner.
(c) John Sangster.
(d) Jimmy Santiago Baca.

3. In "Child Proof," the author writes, "Child is proof We come from somewhere else Where everyone" what?
(a) Runs.
(b) Walks.
(c) Drives.
(d) Flies.

4. 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) The headlights went dim.
(c) She always fell asleep in the car.
(d) It was flooded.

5. Who wrote "What We Want"?
(a) Maggie Anderson.
(b) Lucille Clifton.
(c) Vern Rutsala.
(d) Vickie Karp.

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

7. In "The New World," the author stared at the sculpture on the front lawn of what museum?
(a) The Guggenheim Museum.
(b) The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(c) The Museum of Scince and Indusrtry.
(d) The Montclair Art Museum.

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

9. What does the father serve in "Battleground State Park"?
(a) Lobster tails.
(b) Fish sticks.
(c) Cheeseburgers.
(d) Potato salad.

10. Who is the author of "Lens"?
(a) Hayan Charara.
(b) Ken Fontenot.
(c) Kimberly J. Brown.
(d) Tom Absher.

11. What does the author find when he flees, trying to stay alone in "Simple Song of Being Oneself"?
(a) Death and fear.
(b) Truth and danger.
(c) Fortune and kindness.
(d) Lies and pain.

12. In "Travelling Light," the author wants "nothing more anymore only wind stroking waves onto" what?
(a) "A mangrove forest."
(b) "Sandy beaches."
(c) "A distant shore."
(d) "Jagged rocks."

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

14. Mom threw out the author's what in "Emergency Situation"?
(a) Underwear.
(b) Fishing lures
(c) Baseball cards.
(d) Comic books.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Introduction by Naomi Shihab Nye, the author leaves what behind on an airplane?

2. Who wrote "Taking My Son to His First Day of Kindergarten"?

3. What poem did Siv Cedering contribute to the collection?

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

5. Who is the author of "Waking Instructions"?

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