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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. What is stolen from the author in "A Game Nobody Won"?
(a) A wallet.
(b) A gun.
(c) Gold coins.
(d) A watch.

2. Who is the author of the poem titled "Divorce"?
(a) Quintin Prout.
(b) Jack Gilbert.
(c) Brian Andreas.
(d) Andy Young.

3. Who is the author of "Letter to an Ancestor"?
(a) Naomi Shihab Nye.
(b) Dwight Fullingim.
(c) Joy Harjo.
(d) Diana Der-Hovanessian.

4. Who wrote "I Give You Back"?
(a) Tina Letcher.
(b) Jane Hirshfield.
(c) Nicanor Parra.
(d) Joy Harjo.

5. In the poem "Work," what is the cashier's name?
(a) Samantha.
(b) Angel.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Rita.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Raised Violence"?

2. Who wrote "A Game Nobody Won"?

3. What is an artistic representation of an abstract quality or idea as a person?

4. Who is the author of "Food. Music. Memory."?

5. The poem "Christmas" is written by whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the performer do after leaving the stage in "The Mentalist Leaves the Stage"?

2. Where does the author see himself in "The Colors of Another Home"? What similes does he use in his description?

3. What simile is used to describe the father's hand in "The Memory Prayer"? What does the lightning do?

4. What simile describes the umbrella in "What Was Once Reached For"? What is the setting of the poem?

5. What is personified in "Processes"? How?

6. What journey is described in "Ghazal (For William Stafford)"?

7. How are the trees in "Plum Trees" personified? What metaphors are used?

8. What does the author consider about his ancestor in "Letter to an Ancestor"?

9. What does the author give back in "I Give You Back"? What is personified?

10. What does Jane Hirshfield personify in her poem of the collection?

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