View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker compare childhood to in "Dear Peter"?

2. In "Skinny Dipping," what does the speaker want to do?

3. In "The Last Dinosaurs," what does the dinosaur say when "they" ask him what it is like?

4. In "Rise and Shine," what do the crickets do in first light?

5. In "Dear Peter," where does the speaker think it is safe?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Dear Peter," who is Peter to the speaker?

2. In "Snow Theory," what does the speaker not do since seeing the snow?

3. In "You Guys," how does the speaker feel about his friends?

4. In "Dear Sara," what does Sara ask the speaker about?

5. In "Rise and Shine," what does the speaker do to try to atone for treating his mother badly?

6. In "Snow Theory," what does the snow symbolize?

7. In "Waterline," what does the speaker imagine?

8. In "The Bull," how does the boy feel about the bull?

9. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what does the speaker's friend Jaxson cry after?

10. In "Dear Sara," what does Vuong use as a metaphor for words?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the speaker address different stages of his relationship with Peter, his partner, throughout the collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Vuong explore the topic of fear in different situations and contexts throughout this conclusions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

In the poem "American Legend," how does the speaker describe his relationship with his father? To what lengths does the speaker go to try to get closer to his father? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 484 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample