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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 "Shedding Skin," what does the author rub against?
(a) A bear.
(b) A rock.
(c) A glacier.
(d) A tree.

2. Who wrote the poem "Nine"?
(a) Dionisio D. Martinez.
(b) Lavonne J. Adams.
(c) Amy Adams.
(d) Harryette Mullen.

3. Who is the author of "The Family Car"?
(a) Teresa Palomo Acosta.
(b) Tom Absher.
(c) Jenny Browne.
(d) Kimberly J. Brown.

4. What poem did Siv Cedering contribute to the collection?
(a) "Silence."
(b) "The Changeling."
(c) "The Question."
(d) "Driving."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What poem by Peter Sears is included in the collection?

2. Where does Naomi Shihab Nye live?

3. What can the author remember clearly of the children of his first grade class in "First Grade"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the author discover in the sculptures in "The New World"?

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

6. How is the author's encounter described in "I, Myself"?

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

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

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

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

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