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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 78 - 100).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the editor ask the speaker to do in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Editor's Notes"?
(a) Write about sad things.
(b) Be clearer.
(c) Write about scary things.
(d) Pull back from exhortation and despair.

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

3. What does Atwood compare being in love to in "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?
(a) A demented rose-red circus tent.
(b) A pool.
(c) A really good movie.
(d) An expensive house.

4. What happens in Part II of "The Aliens Arrive"?
(a) We go with them back to their own world.
(b) We eat some of their food, and it is good.
(c) They kill most of us, and a few are left alive after they leave.
(d) We kill most of them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the neon sign in "Everyone Else's Sex Life" say?

2. What do the leaves in the garden remind the speaker of in "Tracking the Rain"?

3. What kind of clothing did werewolves used to wear in "Update on Werewolves"?

4. What does the speaker implore her partner to do if she ever develops dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?

5. What do plastics make lighter for carrying water in "The Bright Side"?

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