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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 "Passing Necessity," the author is humbled by hearing the first few bars of what song?
(a) Vivaldi's Mandolin Concerto.
(b) Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
(c) Brahms's Hungarian Dances.
(d) Chopin's Scherzo in B minor.

2. Who wrote "What Came to Me"?
(a) Cathy Song.
(b) Jay Bremyer.
(c) Jane Kenyon.
(d) Robert Phillips.

3. What is punctuation in the air in the poem "Insurance"?
(a) Snowflakes.
(b) Each bird.
(c) The clouds.
(d) Raindrops.

4. The author of "Father, Herald Me Home" asks her father to "reach across and pull me over the" what?
(a) Ravine.
(b) Gorge.
(c) Canyon.
(d) Void.

5. In "The Colors of Another Home," the author's soul whispers that he is what?
(a) Italian.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Greek.
(d) Polish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Words My Friend Can't Bring Himself to Say"?

2. In the poem "Work," what is the cashier's name?

3. What is the name of the narrator's son in "Tough Ride"?

4. In "Truth," the author's world has always been what?

5. Who is the author of "Truth"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the person conclude the secret of life is in "Secret of Life"?

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. How does the author recall his parents and sister in "Raised Violence"?

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

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

7. What leads up to the house in "Dream House"? What does the author wonder?

8. Who is the subject of "Work"? What does he think of?

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

10. What natural events are described in "Lament"?

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