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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Ars Poetica as the Maker," what book of the Bible does Vuong quote from?
(a) Aftermath.
(b) Revelations.
(c) Corinthians.
(d) Genesis.

2. In "Künstlerroman," what is the street the speaker's car crashed on?
(a) Helsom Road.
(b) Firefly Road.
(c) Main Road.
(d) Risley Road.

3. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what painkiller does the worker buy?
(a) Morphine.
(b) Advil.
(c) Motrin.
(d) Tylenol.

4. In "Künstlerroman," what birthday does the speaker revisit?
(a) His twentieth.
(b) His thirtieth.
(c) His tenth.
(d) His seventh.

5. In "No One Knows the Way to Heaven," where does the speaker see his own reflection?
(a) The window.
(b) The lake.
(c) A cup of coffee.
(d) The sky.

6. In "Not Even," what does the speaker say a morgue can also be?
(a) A community center.
(b) An omen.
(c) A library.
(d) A church.

7. In "Nothing," what does the speaker imagine as rising from the bread?
(a) Poems.
(b) Spells.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Ghosts.

8. In "Toy Boat," what are the sparrows "pierced by"?
(a) Their names.
(b) The song.
(c) The bullets.
(d) The wind.

9. In "Reasons for Staying," what does a blade of brown rye multiplied by thousands create?
(a) Miracles.
(b) A purple field.
(c) A piece of bread.
(d) Hunger.

10. What is each wave in "Toy Boat" like?
(a) A green lamp.
(b) A windchime.
(c) A washing machine.
(d) A cycle.

11. Why does the speaker say he kept dancing even though the song had finished in "Not Even"?
(a) It felt painful.
(b) It freed him.
(c) It made him love his partner.
(d) It felt like love.

12. In "Not Even," where does the speaker get off of the Amtrak train?
(a) Indianapolis.
(b) Helena.
(c) Missoula.
(d) San Francisco.

13. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what are some purchases that reveal the worker's pain?
(a) Band-aids.
(b) Illegal drug purchases.
(c) Heating pads, painkilling pills, and painkilling pads.
(d) Alcohol.

14. In "Ars Poetica as the Maker," what does the speaker gather fistfuls of?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Ash.
(c) Heather.
(d) Paints.

15. In "Not Even," what does napalm have?
(a) A "rainbow afterglow."
(b) A foe.
(c) A friend.
(d) A legacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Künstlerroman," what are the lover's clothes returned to them like?

2. In "Reasons for Staying," mercy is small, but what is smaller?

3. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what is the first indication that the worker is undergoing cancer treatment?

4. In "Not Even," what does the woman on the train bring to the speaker?

5. In "Reasons for Staying," what keeps burning in California?

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