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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 "Going Home," the author sees the addressee in where today?
(a) The bus station.
(b) The airport.
(c) The train station.
(d) Hailing a cab.

2. Who is the author of "Regrets on the Way to an Airport"?
(a) Frances Richard.
(b) Ali Abunimah.
(c) Abbot Cutler.
(d) Joy Harjo.

3. Who is the author of "Food. Music. Memory."?
(a) Jay Bremyer.
(b) Ali Abunimah.
(c) Susan Marie Scavo.
(d) Cyrus Cassells.

4. "Thinking of What the Jury is Deliberating" was written by whom?
(a) Mick Hatten.
(b) Nuala Archer.
(c) Kasey Jueds.
(d) Geoff Ripps.

5. Who is the author of the poem "Insurance"?
(a) Vickie Karp.
(b) Dwight Fullingim.
(c) John Sangster.
(d) Kimberly J. Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Secret of Life"?

2. Who wrote "Raised Violence"?

3. In "The Lost Glove Is Happy," the author loses her glove made where?

4. Who is the author of "Lament"?

5. Who wrote the poem "Sister"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. "She had thought" describes what thoughts of the author's?

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

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

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

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

7. How does the author describe his feelings about the memorial in "Unveiling the Vietnam Memorial"?

8. Who is remembered in the poem "Words My Friend Can't Bring Himself to Say"?

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

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

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