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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. Who wrote "Cannon Beach"?

2. Who do people curse in the poem "Avalanche"?

3. Who wrote "I Give You Back"?

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

5. Who is the author of "Truth"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What things does the author describe seeing in "My Valhalla"?

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

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

4. Who is remembered in the poem "Words My Friend Can't Bring Himself to Say"?

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

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

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

8. What would be easier to understand in "Thinking of What the Jury is Deliberating" according to the author?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of family in "Leaving the Light On." What does the author wonder about his parents? What conclusions does he find?

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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