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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 the poem "Insurance"?
(a) Kimberly J. Brown.
(b) John Sangster.
(c) Vickie Karp.
(d) Dwight Fullingim.

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

3. Who wrote the poem "Mindleaving"?
(a) Lucille Clifton.
(b) Nuala Archer.
(c) Andy Young.
(d) Hayan Charara.

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

5. How is Tutu's hair described in "Tutu on the Curb"?
(a) Short and cropped.
(b) In a bun.
(c) Braided and long.
(d) Hanging loose.

6. What does the narrator release in "I Give You Back"?
(a) Her anger.
(b) Her inhibitions.
(c) Her memories.
(d) Her fear.

7. Who is the author of "Secret of Life"?
(a) Kimberly J. Brown.
(b) Diana Der-Hovanessian.
(c) Emma Suarez-Baez.
(d) Susan V. Meyers.

8. Where did the narrator find his ancestor's name in "Letter to an Ancestor"?
(a) A personal letter.
(b) A painting.
(c) A census book.
(d) A newspaper.

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

10. Who is the author of "Regrets on the Way to an Airport"?
(a) Joy Harjo.
(b) Ali Abunimah.
(c) Abbot Cutler.
(d) Frances Richard.

11. What is stolen from the author in "A Game Nobody Won"?
(a) A gun.
(b) Gold coins.
(c) A wallet.
(d) A watch.

12. In "The Lost Glove Is Happy," the author loses her glove made where?
(a) Taiwan.
(b) China.
(c) Laos.
(d) Vietnam.

13. Who wrote "I Give You Back"?
(a) Joy Harjo.
(b) Nicanor Parra.
(c) Jane Hirshfield.
(d) Tina Letcher.

14. Where does the narrator of "That Kind of Marriage" sleep?
(a) In the dog house.
(b) In the basement.
(c) Upstairs.
(d) In the garage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Benavides, Texas, 1906," a two-month-old newspaper warns ranchers to expect relatives due to what?

2. Who had shown the author how to play hide and seek in "Words My Friend Can't Bring Himself to Say"?

3. In the poem "Fame," fame does not care what?

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

5. In "Autumn Quince," the promises that are never returned to are what?

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