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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poem "Christmas" is written by whom?
(a) Susan V. Meyers.
(b) Jane Hirshfield.
(c) Lan Se.
(d) San Le.

2. Where did the narrator find his ancestor's name in "Letter to an Ancestor"?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A personal letter.
(c) A census book.
(d) A painting.

3. In Rosellen Brown's untitled poem, who asks what friends are for?
(a) Mother.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Father.
(d) Grandmother.

4. In "Going Home," the author sees the addressee in where today?
(a) The train station.
(b) Hailing a cab.
(c) The bus station.
(d) The airport.

5. In the poem "Work," what is the cashier's name?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Rita.
(c) Angel.
(d) Samantha.

6. Who is the author of "Secret of Life"?
(a) Emma Suarez-Baez.
(b) Diana Der-Hovanessian.
(c) Susan V. Meyers.
(d) Kimberly J. Brown.

7. What poem by Tony Hoagland is included in the collection?
(a) "Breath."
(b) "The Question."
(c) "It Was Here."
(d) "The Changeling."

8. In "Benavides, Texas, 1906," a two-month-old newspaper warns ranchers to expect relatives due to what?
(a) An upcoming holiday.
(b) A drought.
(c) The war in Mexico.
(d) A flood.

9. In "Autumn Quince," the promises that are never returned to are what?
(a) Sad.
(b) Enraging.
(c) Unfortunate.
(d) Expected.

10. Who is the author of "Lament"?
(a) David Keefe.
(b) Nicanor Parra.
(c) Ali Abunimah.
(d) Catherine Bowman.

11. Who is the author of "My Valhalla"?
(a) Nuala Archer.
(b) Mary Ann Wehler.
(c) Robert Phillips.
(d) Yamanoguchi Baku.

12. Who is the author of "Letter to an Ancestor"?
(a) Joy Harjo.
(b) Naomi Shihab Nye.
(c) Dwight Fullingim.
(d) Diana Der-Hovanessian.

13. "Thinking of What the Jury is Deliberating" was written by whom?
(a) Nuala Archer.
(b) Kasey Jueds.
(c) Geoff Ripps.
(d) Mick Hatten.

14. Who is the author of "Going Home"?
(a) Jane Kenyon.
(b) Tom Absher.
(c) Marissa C. Martinez.
(d) Ben Judson.

15. Who is the author of the poem "Insurance"?
(a) Kimberly J. Brown.
(b) Vickie Karp.
(c) Dwight Fullingim.
(d) John Sangster.

Short Answer Questions

1. "A Serenade" is written by whom?

2. Who wrote "I Give You Back"?

3. In "Raised Violence," the author is glad when who calls?

4. Who wrote "A Game Nobody Won"?

5. In "Each Night," images in dreams flash and fade in these darkened walls, and the author wants to climb into what?

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