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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. "Journey" is written by whom?
(a) Joy Harjo.
(b) Cathy Song.
(c) Jeffrey Shotts.
(d) Kasey Jueds.

2. Who wrote "Ghazal (For William Stafford)"?
(a) Morton Marcus.
(b) Jay Bremyer.
(c) David Keefe.
(d) Mick Hatten.

3. In "Regrets on the Way to an Airport," the author writes that he has never filled his suitcase with remnants of what?
(a) Rain.
(b) Sky.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Leaves.

4. Who wrote "Year's End"?
(a) Ted Kooser.
(b) David Keefe.
(c) Jack Gilbert.
(d) Bruce Bennett.

5. In "Avalanche," the snow creates the belief that everything has a what?
(a) Value.
(b) Purpose.
(c) Good side.
(d) Dark side.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "What Came to Me," the author takes the last piece of what from a box?

2. Who is the author of "Each Night"?

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

4. Who wrote "Waking Up in the Morning"?

5. Who wrote "Father, Herald Me Home"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are the trees in "Plum Trees" personified? What metaphors are used?

4. What would be easier to understand in "Thinking of What the Jury is Deliberating" according to the author?

5. What simile describes the umbrella in "What Was Once Reached For"? What is the setting of the poem?

6. What natural events are described in "Lament"?

7. How is the body personified in "The Question"? Why?

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

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

10. What does the performer do after leaving the stage in "The Mentalist Leaves the Stage"?

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