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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 "How Forgetting Works in Late Winter," mounds of snow exhale under the what?
(a) Mountains.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Blue sky.
(d) Pines.

2. In "Each Night," images in dreams flash and fade in these darkened walls, and the author wants to climb into what?
(a) A spaceship.
(b) A car.
(c) The story.
(d) Bed.

3. In "Avalanche," the snow creates the belief that everything has a what?
(a) Dark side.
(b) Value.
(c) Purpose.
(d) Good side.

4. In "What Came to Me," the author takes the last piece of what from a box?
(a) Paper.
(b) China.
(c) String.
(d) A puzzle.

5. Who had shown the author how to play hide and seek in "Words My Friend Can't Bring Himself to Say"?
(a) Miss Patty.
(b) Miss Becky.
(c) Miss Emily.
(d) Miss Betty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Going Home"?

2. Who wrote the poem "Sister"?

3. In "Regrets on the Way to an Airport," the author writes that he has never filled his suitcase with remnants of what?

4. What is stolen from the author in "A Game Nobody Won"?

5. Who is the author of "my lost father"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why had the author paid close attention to the heard in "Model of the Heart at the Franklin Institute"?

8. What things does the author describe seeing in "My Valhalla"?

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

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

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