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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. "Child Proof" is by what author?
(a) Bill Meissner.
(b) Emma Mellon.
(c) James Baker Hall.
(d) Lisa Brandenburg.

2. Who wrote the poem, "So Far"?
(a) Kimberly J. Brown.
(b) Maggie Anderson.
(c) Naomi Shihab Nye.
(d) Lucille Clifton.

3. "Mother's Day" was written by whom?
(a) Daisy Zamora.
(b) Roger Jones.
(c) Lisa Ruth Shulman.
(d) Sandra Gail Teichmann.

4. "What Gets Lost/Lo Que Se Pierde" is written by whom?
(a) Jimmy Santiago Baca.
(b) Alastair Reid.
(c) Kimberly J. Brown.
(d) John Sangster.

5. "Last-Minute Message for a Time Capsule" is written by whom?
(a) Angel Gonzales.
(b) Philip Appleman.
(c) Herberto Padilla.
(d) Kimberly J. Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Bittersweet"?

2. When did the author lay out school supplies in "Bittersweet"?

3. Who wrote the poem titled "Sudden"?

4. What poem did Leonard Nathan write in the collection?

5. In "Travelling Light," the author wants "nothing more anymore only wind stroking waves onto" what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What word did the newspaper use in "Sudden"? Why?

2. What happens in the poem "David"? What images are described?

3. What does the author consider about her grief in "On the Suicide of a Young Boy I Did Not Know"?

4. What was the world once filled with in "Last-Minute Message for a Time Capsule"?

5. What is described in "Dedication"? What simile is used to describe old papers?

6. How is the "beloved" described in the poem "This Isn't Fair"?

7. How is the author's encounter described in "I, Myself"?

8. What did the author's mother give her in "The Ants Are Using Sticks For Walls"?

9. How does the father feel in "Taking My Son to His First Day of Kindergarten"? What irony is described?

10. What similes are described in "Other Lives"?

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