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

2. Who wrote "I Give You Back"?
(a) Joy Harjo.
(b) Nicanor Parra.
(c) Jane Hirshfield.
(d) Tina Letcher.

3. How is Tutu's hair described in "Tutu on the Curb"?
(a) Hanging loose.
(b) In a bun.
(c) Short and cropped.
(d) Braided and long.

4. In "Lament," the author asks someone to do what for her through the darkened sky?
(a) See.
(b) Sing.
(c) Fly.
(d) Drive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "My Valhalla"?

2. "Journey" is written by whom?

3. In "The Lost Glove Is Happy," the author loses her glove made where?

4. What poem of Rolf Jacobsen's is included in the collection?

5. Who is the author of "Benavides, Texas, 1906"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jane Hirshfield personify in her poem of the collection?

2. Where does the author see himself in "The Colors of Another Home"? What similes does he use in his description?

3. Who is the subject of "Work"? What does he think of?

4. How does the author describe his feelings about the memorial in "Unveiling the Vietnam Memorial"?

5. What is the glove compared to in "The Lost Glove Is Happy"?

6. What ghosts does the author see in "The House at 5 Allende Street"? What metaphors are used?

7. What leads up to the house in "Dream House"? What does the author wonder?

8. Who is described in the airport in "Going Home"?

9. What does the author consider about his ancestor in "Letter to an Ancestor"?

10. Why had the author paid close attention to the heard in "Model of the Heart at the Franklin Institute"?

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