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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. What kind of store does the cashier work at in "Work"?

2. Who is the author of "Words My Friend Can't Bring Himself to Say"?

3. Who is the author of "Lament"?

4. Who wrote "The Lost Glove Is Happy"?

5. In the poem "Fame," fame does not care what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jane Hirshfield personify in her poem of the collection?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What simile is used to describe the father's hand in "The Memory Prayer"? What does the lightning do?

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

9. What does the person conclude the secret of life is in "Secret of Life"?

10. What is the glove compared to in "The Lost Glove Is Happy"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Compare and contrast the themes in "Battleground State Park" and "Son, Skating." What is the setting of each poem? Who are the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of words and language in "Naming" and "Learning Persian." How do the authors of these poems use personification in language?

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