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1. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?
(a) Linda Gordon.
(b) Lane Garcia.
(c) Louise Glück.
(d) Lois Glickman.

2. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?
(a) I mean to say.
(b) Do you see.
(c) Don't you know.
(d) I tell you.

3. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Fireflies.
(c) Streetlights.
(d) Sparklers.

4. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?
(a) I hate them.
(b) I love them.
(c) I loathe them.
(d) I need them.

5. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?
(a) The moon.
(b) Men.
(c) Sex.
(d) The night.

6. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?
(a) It mocks the speaker.
(b) It lashes out at the speaker.
(c) It speaks out of turn.
(d) It seals the speakers mouth.

7. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?
(a) Her bed.
(b) The man's body.
(c) The moonlight.
(d) The scent of flowers.

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