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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Other Lives" is by what author?

2. What does the father serve in "Battleground State Park"?

3. "What Gets Lost/Lo Que Se Pierde" is written by whom?

4. "Battleground State Park" is written by whom?

5. What does the author find when he flees, trying to stay alone in "Simple Song of Being Oneself"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the author's mother give her in "The Ants Are Using Sticks For Walls"?

2. What personification and metaphor is used in the poem "Stranded"?

3. How does the father feel in "Taking My Son to His First Day of Kindergarten"? What irony is described?

4. What does the author discover in the sculptures in "The New World"?

5. What similes are described in "Other Lives"?

6. What happens in the poem "David"? What images are described?

7. What word did the newspaper use in "Sudden"? Why?

8. What similes and metaphors are prevalent in "Custody"?

9. What is described in "Dedication"? What simile is used to describe old papers?

10. What was the world once filled with in "Last-Minute Message for a Time Capsule"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of self-identity in the poems "Waking Instructions" and "I, Myself." What symbolism and imagery is used to reinforce this theme?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the settings and characters in the poems "Insurance" and "She had thought." In what narrative voice is each poem written?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the similes and metaphors in the poems "Other Lives" and "So Far." What common theme relates these two works?

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