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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does "Doctors" criticize?
(a) Bedside manner.
(b) Psychiatric care.
(c) Modern medicine.
(d) Medication.
2. Whose Biblical story is retold in "Making a Living"?
(a) Moses'.
(b) Jonah's.
(c) Daniel's.
(d) Noah's.
3. Whose death does the author recount in "The Death Baby"?
(a) Her grandmother's.
(b) Her own.
(c) Her mother's.
(d) Her father's.
4. "Hansel and Gretel" is about whose wild obsession?
(a) A mother's.
(b) Gretel's.
(c) Hansel's.
(d) A witch's.
5. What is the purpose of the first poem in Transformations?
(a) To share a fairy tale about the author's son.
(b) To share a fairy tale about the author's daughter.
(c) To create the author as the wicked witch.
(d) To act as an introduction and explanation.
6. Who is The Book of Folly dedicated to?
(a) Joy.
(b) Phillip.
(c) Linda.
(d) Gregor.
7. 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.
8. Who solves the mystery of "Twelve Dancing Princesses?"?
(a) A soldier.
(b) The king.
(c) A prince.
(d) A servant.
9. Where is the author at the beginning of "The Death Baby"?
(a) In the woods.
(b) In her bed.
(c) On the River Styx.
(d) In the arms of Death.
10. What game does the speaker play with God in "The Rowing Endeth"?
(a) Pictionary.
(b) Chess.
(c) Go Fish.
(d) Poker.
11. Who is portrayed as God in "The God-Monger"?
(a) The speaker's father.
(b) John Holmes.
(c) The speaker herself.
(d) The speaker's husband.
12. How many sections is "The Death Baby" divided into?
(a) Four.
(b) Ten.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.
13. In "For Mr. Death Who Stands With His Door Open", the speaker personifies ______ and ______.
(a) Time and tide.
(b) Faith and doubt.
(c) Death and life.
(d) Time and death.
14. How many poems are in the collection "O Ye Tongues"?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Nine.
15. Who is an outcast in "One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes"?
(a) The daughter with three eyes.
(b) The daughter with two eyes.
(c) The daughter with one eye.
(d) The son.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the last story in Transformations?
2. Where is the blame assigned in "The Earth Falls Down"?
3. What kind of poems are the collection "O Ye Tongues"?
4. Where do the poems come from in Transformations?
5. What is the first poem in Transformations?
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