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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Asterion's Lament," to what is the beloved's body compared besides water?
(a) A palace.
(b) A maze.
(c) A desert.
(d) A garden.

2. In "American Arithmetic," what does the narrator suggest is better than being invisible?
(a) Being dead.
(b) Being loved.
(c) Being lonely.
(d) Being heard.

3. In "The Mustangs," what is the purpose of mentioning the brother's "thin ankles" (35)?
(a) It compares him to a horse.
(b) It distinguishes him from the other boys.
(c) It foreshadows his injury.
(d) It stresses his determination.

4. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the red light metaphorically compared to?
(a) Fabric.
(b) A headache.
(c) Wind.
(d) A traffic accident.

5. In "Asterion's Lament," what kind of a creature is "Asterion"?
(a) Half-fish and half-human.
(b) Half-bird and half-human.
(c) Half-bull and half-human.
(d) Half-snake and half-human.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the literal meaning of the figurative lines, "an American drone finds then loves/ a body--the radiant nectar it seeks" (15)?

2. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what is being referred to by the phrase "these two potters" (7)?

3. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," what kind of person does the speaker want to love her?

4. In "Wolf OR-7," what is the "trembling blue line" (32)?

5. In "Wolf OR-7," what technique is being employed in the page 33 line, "My mind climbed the rise, fall, rise of your bared back"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What play on the word "race" is used in "American Arithmetic"?

2. In "Catching Copper," what is the significance of the page 11 lines ,"My brothers feed their bullet/ the way the bulls fed Zeus"?

3. What does the speaker mean in "They Don't Love You Like I Love You" when she says that she can see through maps?

4. In "Run'n'Gun," what life lessons does the speaker learn from playing basketball?

5. Explain the central conceit in the poem "Catching Copper."

6. Explain the conceit introduced by the line, "I know another name for holy is water" in "Asterion's Lament" (27).

7. In "Wolf OR-7," what is significant about the wolf in the poem's title?

8. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what dark joke does the speaker make about reparations?

9. In "The Mustangs," what is important to the speaker about her brother's appearance?

10. In "Asterion's Lament," what does the speaker mean by "how did Theseus find no joy in you?" (27)?

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