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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In the Introduction by Naomi Shihab Nye, the author writes, "Losing makes us miserable, startles us awake. It's also" what?
(a) Sometimes fatal.
(b) Part of the game.
(c) Inevitable.
(d) A chance to learn.

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

9. What poem did Leonard Nathan write in the collection?
(a) "Driving."
(b) "It Was Here."
(c) "The Changeling."
(d) "Kind."

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

11. Who wrote "What the Stones Knew"?
(a) Robert Dana.
(b) Lisa Ruth Shulman.
(c) Anzar Hitoshi.
(d) Harryette Mullen.

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

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

14. Who is the author of "The New Blade"?
(a) Anzar Hitoshi.
(b) Barbara McCauley.
(c) Hal Sirowitz.
(d) Jim Natal.

15. "Today I'll Sit Still" is written by whom?
(a) Jimmy Santiago Baca.
(b) Jack Myers.
(c) Hayan Charara.
(d) Ernesto Trejo.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Battleground State Park" is written by whom?

2. In "Lens," the author wonders about the shouting in the house and why who must be watched?

3. In "The Higher Reaches," a man gloats that soon he will have nothing to say and will what?

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

5. Who is the author of "and sometimes i hear this song in my head"?

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