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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 "Benavides, Texas, 1906"?
(a) Robert Phillips.
(b) Marissa C. Martinez.
(c) Richard Beban.
(d) Quintin Prout.

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

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

4. In "Regrets on the Way to an Airport," the author writes that he has never filled his suitcase with remnants of what?
(a) Rain.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Sky.
(d) Clouds.

5. Who wrote "Year's End"?
(a) David Keefe.
(b) Jack Gilbert.
(c) Ted Kooser.
(d) Bruce Bennett.

6. "A Serenade" is written by whom?
(a) Susan Marie Scavo.
(b) Leroy V. Quintana.
(c) Sekine Hiroshi.
(d) Yamanoguchi Baku.

7. Who is the author of "Lament"?
(a) David Keefe.
(b) Catherine Bowman.
(c) Ali Abunimah.
(d) Nicanor Parra.

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

10. Who is the author of "my lost father"?
(a) Teresa Palomo Acosta.
(b) Geoff Ripps.
(c) Lucille Clifton.
(d) Robert Phillips.

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

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

13. Who wrote "The Lost Glove Is Happy"?
(a) Kasey Jueds.
(b) Nuala Archer.
(c) Catherine Bowman.
(d) Mary Ann Wehler.

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

15. Who wrote "Waking Up in the Morning"?
(a) Ali Abunimah.
(b) David B. Prather.
(c) Leroy V. Quintana.
(d) Zymunt Frankel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Avalanche," the snow creates the belief that everything has a what?

3. Who is the author of "Regrets on the Way to an Airport"?

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

5. What poem of Memye Curtis Tucker's is included in the collection?

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