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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the author lay out school supplies in "Bittersweet"?
(a) Every two weeks.
(b) Just before Christmas.
(c) Each August.
(d) New Years Day.

2. Who wrote the poem "Orange Juice"?
(a) Herberto Padilla.
(b) Lisa Ruth Shulman.
(c) Robert Dana.
(d) Amy Adams.

3. Who wrote the poem "Dedication"?
(a) Jim Natal.
(b) Martha Christina.
(c) Sandra Gail Teichmann.
(d) Lisa Ruth Shulman.

4. Who wrote "Hitchhiker"?
(a) Jimmy Santiago Baca.
(b) Lucille Clifton.
(c) James Baker Hall.
(d) Jack Ridl.

5. Who wrote "Taking My Son to His First Day of Kindergarten"?
(a) Herberto Padilla.
(b) Harryette Mullen.
(c) Anzar Hitoshi.
(d) William Trowbridge.

6. Who wrote "Legend"?
(a) Craig Czury.
(b) Bruce Bennett.
(c) Philip Appleman.
(d) Ben Judson.

7. Who wrote "Emergency Situation"?
(a) Robert Dana.
(b) Hal Sirowitz.
(c) Herberto Padilla.
(d) Barbara McCauley.

8. In "Stranded," the beloved's name drips from the author's what?
(a) Chin.
(b) Eyelashes.
(c) Ear.
(d) Nose.

9. In "Travelling Light," the author wants "nothing more anymore only wind stroking waves onto" what?
(a) "Sandy beaches."
(b) "A distant shore."
(c) "A mangrove forest."
(d) "Jagged rocks."

10. What does the author find when he flees, trying to stay alone in "Simple Song of Being Oneself"?
(a) Truth and danger.
(b) Lies and pain.
(c) Death and fear.
(d) Fortune and kindness.

11. What gets lost in the dark in "Dedication"?
(a) Poems.
(b) A dog.
(c) Shoes.
(d) A child.

12. Who wrote "What the Stones Knew"?
(a) Harryette Mullen.
(b) Lisa Ruth Shulman.
(c) Robert Dana.
(d) Anzar Hitoshi.

13. Who wrote "What We Want"?
(a) Vern Rutsala.
(b) Maggie Anderson.
(c) Lucille Clifton.
(d) Vickie Karp.

14. In "Waking Instructions," the author writes that one should allow oneself to be different, but it will feel like falling attached to what?
(a) Waiting.
(b) Moving.
(c) Running.
(d) Lying.

15. Who wrote "My Father in the Stacks"?
(a) David Hassler.
(b) Lisa Ruth Shulman.
(c) Jim Natal.
(d) Hal Sirowitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the father serve in "Battleground State Park"?

2. Who is the author of "Song of the Prodigal Son"?

3. Who does the author meet at a crossroads in "I Myself"?

4. In "Last-Minute Message for a Time Capsule," the author writes, "we also had the righteous ones who worshiped the True Faith, and" what?

5. Mom threw out the author's what in "Emergency Situation"?

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