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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of "Food. Music. Memory."?
(a) Cyrus Cassells.
(b) Jay Bremyer.
(c) Ali Abunimah.
(d) Susan Marie Scavo.

2. In "Autumn Quince," the promises that are never returned to are what?
(a) Enraging.
(b) Sad.
(c) Unfortunate.
(d) Expected.

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

4. Who wrote "My Grandmother Told Us Jokes"?
(a) Nicanor Parra.
(b) Richard Beban.
(c) David Keefe.
(d) Jeffrey Shotts.

5. In "Raised Violence," the author is glad when who calls?
(a) His wife.
(b) His sister.
(c) His friend.
(d) His mother.

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

7. The poem "Christmas" is written by whom?
(a) Lan Se.
(b) San Le.
(c) Jane Hirshfield.
(d) Susan V. Meyers.

8. Who wrote the poem "Sister"?
(a) Andy Young.
(b) Ali Abunimah.
(c) Sekine Hiroshi.
(d) Catherine Bowman.

9. Who is the only person who lives in the town of "Benavides, Texas, 1906"?
(a) A farmer.
(b) A rancher.
(c) A grocer.
(d) A pilot.

10. What is punctuation in the air in the poem "Insurance"?
(a) Snowflakes.
(b) The clouds.
(c) Each bird.
(d) Raindrops.

11. Who wrote the poem "Work"?
(a) Nuala Archer.
(b) Jay Bremyer.
(c) Fran Castan.
(d) Geoff Ripps.

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

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

14. In "What Came to Me," the author takes the last piece of what from a box?
(a) A puzzle.
(b) String.
(c) China.
(d) Paper.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of the poem titled "Divorce"?

2. Who is the author of the poem "Garage Sale"?

3. Who is the author of "Each Night"?

4. Who wrote "What Was Once Reached For"?

5. Who is the author going to visit in "The Lost Glove Is Happy"?

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