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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an artistic representation of an abstract quality or idea as a person?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Personification.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

2. In "Benavides, Texas, 1906," a two-month-old newspaper warns ranchers to expect relatives due to what?
(a) A drought.
(b) A flood.
(c) An upcoming holiday.
(d) The war in Mexico.

3. Who is the author of "Each Night"?
(a) Diana Der-Hovanessian.
(b) Morton Marcus.
(c) Catherine Bowman.
(d) Jay Bremyer.

4. Who wrote "The Memory Prayer"?
(a) John Phillip Santos.
(b) Fran Castan.
(c) Frances Richard.
(d) Diana Der-Hovanessian.

5. In "How Forgetting Works in Late Winter," mounds of snow exhale under the what?
(a) Pines.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Blue sky.

6. Who is the author of "Tough Ride"?
(a) Susan Marie Scavo.
(b) Mary Ann Wehler.
(c) Teresa Palomo Acosta.
(d) Sekine Hiroshi.

7. In "Avalanche," the snow creates the belief that everything has a what?
(a) Good side.
(b) Dark side.
(c) Purpose.
(d) Value.

8. Who is the author of "Words My Friend Can't Bring Himself to Say"?
(a) Dwight Fullingim.
(b) Cyrus Cassells.
(c) Quintin Prout.
(d) Jack Brannon.

9. In "I Give You Back," the author writes "so you can no longer keep me naked and ____ in the winter"?
(a) Frozen.
(b) Shivering.
(c) Blind.
(d) Cold.

10. What kind of store does the cashier work at in "Work"?
(a) Bakery.
(b) Garden store.
(c) Grocery store.
(d) Hardware store.

11. Who is the author of "Unveiling the Vietnam Memorial"?
(a) Fran Castan.
(b) David Keefe.
(c) Robert Phillips.
(d) Susan V. Meyers.

12. In "Divorce," the author wakes suddenly and hears what?
(a) Yelling.
(b) Barking.
(c) Scratching.
(d) Crying.

13. Who wrote "Model of the Heart at the Franklin Institute"?
(a) Susan V. Meyers.
(b) Joy Harjo.
(c) Tina Letcher.
(d) Kasey Jueds.

14. Who had shown the author how to play hide and seek in "Words My Friend Can't Bring Himself to Say"?
(a) Miss Patty.
(b) Miss Emily.
(c) Miss Becky.
(d) Miss Betty.

15. What is the name of the narrator's son in "Tough Ride"?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Joshua.
(c) David.
(d) Dennis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is punctuation in the air in the poem "Insurance"?

2. Where did the narrator find his ancestor's name in "Letter to an Ancestor"?

3. Who wrote "What Came to Me"?

4. In "Each Night," images in dreams flash and fade in these darkened walls, and the author wants to climb into what?

5. In "Passing Necessity," the author is humbled by hearing the first few bars of what song?

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