View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "My Grandmother Told Us Jokes"?
(a) Richard Beban.
(b) Jeffrey Shotts.
(c) Nicanor Parra.
(d) David Keefe.

2. The author sees the ghosts of whom in "The House at 5 Allende Street"?
(a) His sister.
(b) His grandparents.
(c) His brother.
(d) His parents.

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

4. In "The Lost Glove Is Happy," the author is going where?
(a) Phoenix, Arizona.
(b) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
(c) Lubbock, Texas.
(d) Salt Lake City, Utah.

5. Who is the author of "Words My Friend Can't Bring Himself to Say"?
(a) Dwight Fullingim.
(b) Jack Brannon.
(c) Quintin Prout.
(d) Cyrus Cassells.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Work," what is the cashier's name?

2. Who is the author of "Each Night"?

3. What poem of Rolf Jacobsen's is included in the collection?

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

5. Who had shown the author how to play hide and seek in "Words My Friend Can't Bring Himself to Say"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 926 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample