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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) Brahms's Hungarian Dances.
(b) Chopin's Scherzo in B minor.
(c) Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
(d) Vivaldi's Mandolin Concerto.

2. In "Raised Violence," the author is glad when who calls?
(a) His wife.
(b) His sister.
(c) His friend.
(d) His mother.

3. In "Food. Music. Memory." the author recalls shouting Scotch and what as the negative things?
(a) Belts.
(b) Boots.
(c) Sticks.
(d) Fists.

4. Who wrote the poem "Work"?
(a) Fran Castan.
(b) Jay Bremyer.
(c) Geoff Ripps.
(d) Nuala Archer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Father, Herald Me Home"?

2. Who wrote "What Was Once Reached For"?

3. Where does the narrator of "That Kind of Marriage" sleep?

4. Who is the author of the poem titled "Divorce"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is described in the airport in "Going Home"?

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

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

4. How is the father described in the poem "Mindleaving"?

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

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

7. What is the glove compared to in "The Lost Glove Is Happy"?

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

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

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

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