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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. In Part I of "The Aliens Arrive," what happens?
(a) They look like us, so we accept them.
(b) They are smarter than us, and carnivorous - you know the rest.
(c) They die in our atmosphere.
(d) They are small and weak, so we kill them.

2. What happens to Cassandra's hometown in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?
(a) It burns down.
(b) It is struck by lightening.
(c) It is swept away in a flood.
(d) It flourishes.

3. What happens when the speaker in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters" sings this song for her sister?
(a) The speaker cries.
(b) The speaker looks at the sunset.
(c) This sister is not empty air any longer, she is there with the speaker.
(d) The speaker dies.

4. How do the feathers fall in "Feather"?
(a) One at a time.
(b) Like the wind.
(c) Like a rainstorm.
(d) Only by handfuls.

5. What has been long-abandoned near the ponds in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?
(a) Reason.
(b) Books.
(c) Graves.
(d) Birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker ask if one of the sisters is hunting in Part 5 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

2. What are Kahlo's colors in the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday"?

3. What does the speaker use a feather for in "Feather"?

4. What does the speaker implore the reader to do in the last stanza of "Late Poems"?

5. What goes on calling in the end of the poem "The Dear Ones"?

(see the answer key)

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