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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 "Truth"?

2. Who wrote "Model of the Heart at the Franklin Institute"?

3. Who wrote "I Give You Back"?

4. Who wrote "Father, Herald Me Home"?

5. In "Year's End," the author writes, "Otherwise, not much has happened; we fell in love again, finding that one red feather on" what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does the author see himself in "The Colors of Another Home"? What similes does he use in his description?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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