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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 the chalkboard.
(b) In the sand.
(c) On a tree.
(d) In the dirt.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. When did the author lay out school supplies in "Bittersweet"?
(a) New Years Day.
(b) Each August.
(c) Just before Christmas.
(d) Every two weeks.

9. Who does the author tell to write his name on everything that belongs to him in "What the Stones Knew"?
(a) His wife.
(b) His daugter.
(c) His son.
(d) His mother.

10. What poem by Peter Sears is included in the collection?
(a) "The Question."
(b) "Breath."
(c) "Silence."
(d) "The Mentalist Leaves the Stage."

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Shedding Skin"?

2. In "Aqueducts," the author imagines the aqueducts where?

3. "Child Proof" is by what author?

4. Who wrote the poem "Nine"?

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

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