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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. In "Travelling Light," the author wants "nothing more anymore only wind stroking waves onto" what?

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

3. In the Introduction by Naomi Shihab Nye, the author writes, "Losing makes us miserable, startles us awake. It's also" what?

4. Who is the author of "Years of Solitude"?

5. In "Almost Evenly Divided," the author's life is nearly evenly divided between being Puerto-Rican and a what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the author lose words in "Naming"? What does she recall?

2. How does the author describe his parents in "Leaving the Lights On"?

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 miss in "Song of the Prodigal Son"?

5. How does the author use metaphor to describe the hitchhiker in "The Hitchhiker"?

6. What is being searched for in "What We Want"? How are the people described?

7. How is the author's encounter described in "I, Myself"?

8. Why did the author's mother throw out his underwear in "Emergency Situation"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and describe the artwork in "What Have You Lost"? Who contributed the photographs in the book? How do the images serve to reflect the theme of loss?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the editor of "What Have You Lost"? Where does the poet live? What other works has she published? What common themes are seen in her works?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the similes and metaphors in "Lens." How is the author's mother described in the poem and why?

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