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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is the author of the poem "Garage Sale"?
(a) Jane Kenyon.
(b) Brian Andreas.
(c) Jack Gilbert.
(d) Sekine Hiroshi.

5. In "Thinking of What the Jury is Deliberating," the author wants the man to spend the rest of his life in a cell with what on the wall?
(a) The faces of those he killed.
(b) Writings of death.
(c) Psalms.
(d) A calendar marking his execution.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Who wrote "Ghazal (For William Stafford)"?
(a) David Keefe.
(b) Morton Marcus.
(c) Jay Bremyer.
(d) Mick Hatten.

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

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

15. Who is the author of "Going Home"?
(a) Ben Judson.
(b) Marissa C. Martinez.
(c) Tom Absher.
(d) Jane Kenyon.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the author of "Words My Friend Can't Bring Himself to Say"?

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

5. What poem of Rolf Jacobsen's is included in the collection?

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