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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 "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what purchase does the worker make that seems to be in anticipation of her death?
(a) A photo album.
(b) An urn.
(c) A suitcase.
(d) A diary.

2. In "The Punctum," how does the speaker describe "the skill lodged in the gravedigger's hands"?
(a) As "the original sin."
(b) As often the same one "lodged behind your face."
(c) As "the innocents."
(d) As "timeless."

3. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what is one of the worker's hobbies judging from the purchase history?
(a) Running.
(b) Painting.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Crocheting.

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

5. In "Not Even," what does the speaker decide he wants from now on at the end of the poem?
(a) Fame.
(b) Stillness.
(c) Heartache.
(d) Joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Tell Me Something Good," what does the speaker want his younger self to know?

2. In "Künstlerroman," what birthday does the speaker revisit?

3. In "Ars Poetica as the Maker," what does the speaker gather fistfuls of?

4. What is each wave in "Toy Boat" like?

5. In "Not Even," what does the speaker remember seeing from an Amtrak train in Iowa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the speaker make a list of in "Reasons for Staying"?

2. In "Scavengers," who is the speaker with and in what context?

3. Where does the speaker in "The Punctum" visit?

4. What is one reason that the speaker is a writer in "Ars Poetica as the Maker"?

5. In "The Punctum," what does the tour guide say that historians have done?

6. In "Nothing," what story about Peter's grandmother does the speaker recount?

7. Who were the main victims of many lynchings in "The Punctum"?

8. What does the speaker do with the movie in "Künstlerroman"?

9. What particular item in "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker" is ominous and morbid?

10. Where does the main in the movie keep returning to in "Künstlerroman"?

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