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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Awful Rowing Toward God.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does the speaker encounter on a ferry in "Letter Written On a Ferry While Crossing Long Island Sound"?
(a) A clown.
(b) Nuns.
(c) A priest.
(d) A childhood friend.
2. How many parts is All My Pretty Ones divided into?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.
3. Part I of the author's first book of poetry deals with the trauma of what?
(a) Losing custody of her children.
(b) Her hospitalization.
(c) Her struggle with radiation treatment.
(d) Her first Christmas alone.
4. What is the title of the poem "Rats Live On No Evil Star" based on?
(a) A fragment of a dream.
(b) A nursery rhyme.
(c) A palindrome.
(d) A nonsensical phrase her daughter said.
5. How many poems are in the first part of All My Pretty Ones?
(a) Ten.
(b) Nine.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Four.
Short Answer Questions
1. "Words" is a poem about the ______ of language.
2. When does "You All Know the Story of the Other Woman" take place?
3. "Loving the Killer" takes place where?
4. What is the purpose of "Somewhere in Africa"?
5. How many poems are in Part 2 of the author's first book of poetry?
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