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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "Work," what is the cashier's name?
(a) Samantha.
(b) Angel.
(c) Rita.
(d) Elizabeth.

2. What poem of Rolf Jacobsen's is included in the collection?
(a) "Breath."
(b) "It Was Here."
(c) "The Question."
(d) "Silence."

3. What poem of Memye Curtis Tucker's is included in the collection?
(a) "The Mentalist Leaves the Stage."
(b) "Silence."
(c) "The Changeling."
(d) "Driving."

4. Who is the author of "Truth"?
(a) Leroy V. Quintana.
(b) Cyrus Cassells.
(c) David Keefe.
(d) John Phillip Santos.

5. Who is the author of "The Colors of Another Home"?
(a) Cyrus Cassells.
(b) Yamanoguchi Baku.
(c) John Phillip Santos.
(d) Susan V. Meyers.

6. Who is the author going to visit in "The Lost Glove Is Happy"?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her mother.

7. Who wrote "What Was Once Reached For"?
(a) Sekine Hiroshi.
(b) Jeffrey Shotts.
(c) David Keefe.
(d) Nicanor Parra.

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

9. Who wrote the poem "Fame"?
(a) Mick Hatten.
(b) Jack Brannon.
(c) Nicanor Parra.
(d) Eric Zuckerman.

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

11. Who wrote "Father, Herald Me Home"?
(a) Teresa Palomo Acosta.
(b) Mick Hatten.
(c) David Keefe.
(d) Andy Young.

12. Who wrote the poem "Avalanche"?
(a) Eric Zuckerman.
(b) John Phillip Santos.
(c) Ali Abunimah.
(d) David B. Prather.

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

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

15. In the poem "Fame," fame does not care what?
(a) Who it destroys.
(b) Who gets in its way.
(c) Who wants it.
(d) Who can't handle it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Lament," the author asks someone to do what for her through the darkened sky?

2. Who is the author of "Secret of Life"?

3. Who is the author of "Letter to an Ancestor"?

4. Where does the narrator of "That Kind of Marriage" sleep?

5. In "Food. Music. Memory." the author recalls shouting Scotch and what as the negative things?

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