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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 "Going Home"?
(a) Marissa C. Martinez.
(b) Ben Judson.
(c) Tom Absher.
(d) Jane Kenyon.

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

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

4. Who wrote "What Came to Me"?
(a) Jane Kenyon.
(b) Cathy Song.
(c) Jay Bremyer.
(d) Robert Phillips.

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

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

7. "Thinking of What the Jury is Deliberating" was written by whom?
(a) Nuala Archer.
(b) Kasey Jueds.
(c) Geoff Ripps.
(d) Mick Hatten.

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

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

10. What poem by Tony Hoagland is included in the collection?
(a) "Breath."
(b) "The Question."
(c) "The Changeling."
(d) "It Was Here."

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

12. The author of "Father, Herald Me Home" asks her father to "reach across and pull me over the" what?
(a) Void.
(b) Canyon.
(c) Ravine.
(d) Gorge.

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

14. Who is the author of "Benavides, Texas, 1906"?
(a) Robert Phillips.
(b) Marissa C. Martinez.
(c) Richard Beban.
(d) Quintin Prout.

15. "Journey" is written by whom?
(a) Cathy Song.
(b) Joy Harjo.
(c) Kasey Jueds.
(d) Jeffrey Shotts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Tutu's hair described in "Tutu on the Curb"?

2. In "Truth," the author's world has always been what?

3. Who wrote the poem "Mindleaving"?

4. Who wrote "Ghazal (For William Stafford)"?

5. Who wrote "A Game Nobody Won"?

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