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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. "Autumn Quince" was written by whom?
(a) Catherine Bowman.
(b) Jane Hirshfield.
(c) Morton Marcus.
(d) Nicanor Parra.

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

3. In "Divorce," the author wakes suddenly and hears what?
(a) Barking.
(b) Crying.
(c) Scratching.
(d) Yelling.

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

5. Who is the author of "my lost father"?
(a) Robert Phillips.
(b) Geoff Ripps.
(c) Teresa Palomo Acosta.
(d) Lucille Clifton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is punctuation in the air in the poem "Insurance"?

2. Who is the author going to visit in "The Lost Glove Is Happy"?

3. Who wrote "Waking Up in the Morning"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What ghosts does the author see in "The House at 5 Allende Street"? What metaphors are used?

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

6. How is snow personified in "Avalanche"?

7. How is the body personified in "The Question"? Why?

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

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

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

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