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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. Who wrote "What the Stones Knew"?
(a) Lisa Ruth Shulman.
(b) Robert Dana.
(c) Anzar Hitoshi.
(d) Harryette Mullen.

2. Who wrote "Simple Song of Being Oneself"?
(a) David Hassler.
(b) Barbara McCauley.
(c) Vittorio Bodini.
(d) Philip Appleman.

3. Who is the author of "Bittersweet"?
(a) Harriet Jacobs.
(b) Emma Mellon.
(c) Nancy Mairs.
(d) Lavonne J. Adams.

4. In "Naming," the author has lost the meaning of words, but she still knows the meaning of sugar and what?
(a) Salt.
(b) Pine needle.
(c) Spices.
(d) Flour.

5. In "What We Want," the author writes, "we all want to be lost, and looked for, and found again and welcomed home in the smoky darkness on any" what?
(a) "Winter night."
(b) "Spring morning."
(c) "Summer night."
(d) "Autumn morning."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the author of the poem "I Myself"?

4. In "Shedding Skin," what does the author rub against?

5. Who wrote "Almost Evenly Divided"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is being searched for in "What We Want"? How are the people described?

2. What similes are used to describe water in "Aqueducts"?

3. How is the coat described in "My Father's Coat"?

4. How does the author use metaphor to describe the hitchhiker in "The Hitchhiker"?

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

6. What personification and metaphor is used in the poem "Stranded"?

7. Why did the author's mother throw out his underwear in "Emergency Situation"?

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

9. How did the author lose words in "Naming"? What does she recall?

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

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