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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Rosellen Brown's untitled poem, who asks what friends are for?
(a) Father.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Mother.
(d) Uncle.

2. In "The Colors of Another Home," the author's soul whispers that he is what?
(a) Polish.
(b) Italian.
(c) Greek.
(d) Japanese.

3. "Autumn Quince" was written by whom?
(a) Jane Hirshfield.
(b) Morton Marcus.
(c) Nicanor Parra.
(d) Catherine Bowman.

4. 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) Writings of death.
(b) A calendar marking his execution.
(c) The faces of those he killed.
(d) Psalms.

5. Who had shown the author how to play hide and seek in "Words My Friend Can't Bring Himself to Say"?
(a) Miss Patty.
(b) Miss Becky.
(c) Miss Betty.
(d) Miss Emily.

6. The author sees the ghosts of whom in "The House at 5 Allende Street"?
(a) His sister.
(b) His grandparents.
(c) His brother.
(d) His parents.

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

8. In "Each Night," images in dreams flash and fade in these darkened walls, and the author wants to climb into what?
(a) A car.
(b) Bed.
(c) A spaceship.
(d) The story.

9. In "Passing Necessity," the author is humbled by hearing the first few bars of what song?
(a) Chopin's Scherzo in B minor.
(b) Brahms's Hungarian Dances.
(c) Vivaldi's Mandolin Concerto.
(d) Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.

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

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

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

13. In "Lament," the author asks someone to do what for her through the darkened sky?
(a) Drive.
(b) See.
(c) Sing.
(d) Fly.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Going Home"?

2. What is the name of the narrator's son in "Tough Ride"?

3. Who wrote "Model of the Heart at the Franklin Institute"?

4. Who wrote the poem "Fame"?

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

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