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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 New World," the author stared at the sculpture on the front lawn of what museum?
(a) The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(b) The Montclair Art Museum.
(c) The Museum of Scince and Indusrtry.
(d) The Guggenheim Museum.

2. In "Waking Instructions," the author writes that one should allow oneself to be different, but it will feel like falling attached to what?
(a) Waiting.
(b) Lying.
(c) Moving.
(d) Running.

3. Who is the author of "Waking Instructions"?
(a) Harryette Mullen.
(b) Bill Meissner.
(c) David Hassler.
(d) Emma Mellon.

4. What kind of tree does the author climb in "Leaving the Light On"?
(a) Redwood tree.
(b) Apple tree.
(c) Pine tree.
(d) Cherry tree.

5. Who wrote the poem titled "Sudden"?
(a) Naomi Shihab Nye.
(b) Jack Myers.
(c) Nick Flynn.
(d) Vern Rutsala.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "The Father, Who Could Not Swim"?

2. In "Sudden," the newspaper might have used the word "massive" if it had been a heart attack, but it used what instead?

3. In "Naming," the author has lost the meaning of words, but she still knows the meaning of sugar and what?

4. Who wrote "What the Stones Knew"?

5. Who is the author of "Song of the Prodigal Son"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is described in "Dedication"? What simile is used to describe old papers?

2. What does the author consider about her grief in "On the Suicide of a Young Boy I Did Not Know"?

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

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

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

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

7. How does the author describe his parents in "Leaving the Lights On"?

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

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

10. How are the mother's suicide attempts described in "Lens"?

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