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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Introduction by Naomi Shihab Nye, the author leaves what behind on an airplane?
(a) Her jacket.
(b) Her watch.
(c) Her purse.
(d) Her neck pillow.

2. Who is the author of "The New Blade"?
(a) Jim Natal.
(b) Anzar Hitoshi.
(c) Hal Sirowitz.
(d) Barbara McCauley.

3. Who does the author tell to write his name on everything that belongs to him in "What the Stones Knew"?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His son.
(d) His daugter.

4. Who wrote "Shedding Skin"?
(a) Harryette Mullen.
(b) Linda Gregg.
(c) Maggie Anderson.
(d) Nancy Mairs.

5. Who is the author of "Years of Solitude"?
(a) Dionisio D. Martinez.
(b) Sandra Gail Teichmann.
(c) Jim Natal.
(d) David Hassler.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Introduction by Naomi Shihab Nye, the author writes, "Losing makes us miserable, startles us awake. It's also" what?

2. In "Drifter, Owl, Mouse," the mouse prays inside what?

3. Who wrote "Hitchhiker"?

4. "What Gets Lost/Lo Que Se Pierde" is written by whom?

5. In "Last-Minute Message for a Time Capsule," the author writes, "we also had the righteous ones who worshiped the True Faith, and" what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the people described in the poem "and sometimes i hear this song in my head"?

2. How does the father feel in "Taking My Son to His First Day of Kindergarten"? What irony is described?

3. What did the author's mother give her in "The Ants Are Using Sticks For Walls"?

4. What happens in the poem "David"? What images are described?

5. What does the author miss in "Song of the Prodigal Son"?

6. What does the author write about her choice to collect these poems in the Introduction?

7. How is the "beloved" described in the poem "This Isn't Fair"?

8. What similes and metaphors are prevalent in "Custody"?

9. What is "Almost Evenly Divided" in the poem by this name?

10. What question is the author asked in "First Grade"? What is the meaning?

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