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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. Who is the author of "Tough Ride"?
(a) Mary Ann Wehler.
(b) Teresa Palomo Acosta.
(c) Sekine Hiroshi.
(d) Susan Marie Scavo.

2. Who do people curse in the poem "Avalanche"?
(a) The town drunk.
(b) The weatherman.
(c) The road crew.
(d) The government.

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

4. What is the name of the narrator's son in "Tough Ride"?
(a) Joshua.
(b) David.
(c) Dennis.
(d) Jacob.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Passing Necessity," the author is humbled by hearing the first few bars of what song?

2. Who wrote the poem "Fame"?

3. In Rosellen Brown's untitled poem, who asks what friends are for?

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

5. In "Going Home," the author sees the addressee in where today?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the household like in the poem "That Kind of Marriage"?

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

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

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

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

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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