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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 52 - 77).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the speaker concerned about in the poem "Blizzard"?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her husband.

2. What kinds of creatures also suffer from dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
(a) Birds.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Cats.
(d) Turtles.

3. What would be only fair in Part 7 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) For the birds to be set free.
(b) For someone to kill the man who killed the sister.
(c) For the sister to live on in in the afterlife.
(d) For summer to start again.

4. What are the minds of the jack-o-lanterns filled with in the poem "Carving the Jacks"?
(a) Stories.
(b) Horror.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Nothing but flame.

5. What does Cassandra fantasize about possessing in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?
(a) A dark blue leather purse.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) A sturdy staff.
(d) Many dresses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the taste of the coconut mixed with in the poem "Coconut"?

2. What does the speaker praise in the poem "If There Were No Emptiness"?

3. What does the health teacher in the poem "Health Class" tell her students the classroom is NOT?

4. What does the speaker say about most poems in the poem "Late Poems"?

5. What season is it in "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?

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