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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 is the author of "Tough Ride"?

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

3. Who wrote the poem "Sister"?

4. In "The Lost Glove Is Happy," the author is going where?

5. In "The Lost Glove Is Happy," the author loses her glove made where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What natural events are described in "Lament"?

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

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

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

5. Why had the author paid close attention to the heard in "Model of the Heart at the Franklin Institute"?

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

7. What is personified in "Processes"? How?

8. What ghosts does the author see in "The House at 5 Allende Street"? What metaphors are used?

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

10. How is snow personified in "Avalanche"?

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

Discuss the imagery, symbolism and themes in "The New World." How does the author relate sexuality in this poem?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the themes and structure of "The New Blade" and "Custody." How is family related in each poem?

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