Time Is a Mother Test | Final Test - Medium

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This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 102 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Time Is a Mother Test | Final Test - Medium

Ocean Vuong
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 102 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 "Not Even," what does the speaker decide he wants from now on at the end of the poem?
(a) Stillness.
(b) Joy.
(c) Fame.
(d) Heartache.

2. 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 suitcase.
(b) A photo album.
(c) A diary.
(d) An urn.

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

4. Who were the victims of the poorly-documented lynchings in "The Punctum"?
(a) Mostly bankers.
(b) Mostly young girls.
(c) Mostly college students.
(d) Mostly Mexican Chinese, and Native American.

5. In "Reasons for Staying," what sounds "like footsteps" when you play it?
(a) The broken piano under a bridge in Windsor.
(b) The flute.
(c) The window.
(d) The guitar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Not Even," what is the word for love in the speaker's language?

2. In "Künstlerroman," where are some of the places the man in the movie visits?

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

4. In "Not Even," what does the speaker want to say to his mother as her body bag is zipped?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are some reasons the speaker wants to stay in his hometown in "Reasons for Staying"?

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

5. In "Nothing," what does the speaker wonder about himself and Peter?

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

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

8. In "Not Even," what does a young woman tell the speaker that the speaker finds offensive?

9. In "Scavengers," what kind of imagery does the speaker use?

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

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