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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 "Leaving the Light On"?
(a) Alastair Reid.
(b) Lucille Clifton.
(c) Philip Appleman.
(d) Jack Myers.

2. Mom threw out the author's what in "Emergency Situation"?
(a) Baseball cards.
(b) Fishing lures
(c) Comic books.
(d) Underwear.

3. In "The Ants Are Using Sticks For Walls," ten-year-old girls want to be how old?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

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

5. Who is the author of "and sometimes i hear this song in my head"?
(a) Harriet Jacobs.
(b) Martha Christina.
(c) Daisy Zamora.
(d) Lisa Brandenburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "What We Want"?

2. Who wrote the poem "Nine"?

3. What does the author find when he flees, trying to stay alone in "Simple Song of Being Oneself"?

4. Who is the author of "Lens"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What similes are described in "Other Lives"?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does the author describe death in "The Father, Who Could Not Swim"?

8. What was the world once filled with in "Last-Minute Message for a Time Capsule"?

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

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

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