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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the poem titled "Stranded"?

2. Who does the author tell to write his name on everything that belongs to him in "What the Stones Knew"?

3. In "Drifter, Owl, Mouse," the mouse prays inside what?

4. Who wrote the poem "Dedication"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is being searched for in "What We Want"? How are the people described?

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

6. What does the author miss in "Song of the Prodigal Son"?

7. What question is the author asked in "First Grade"? What is the meaning?

8. How are the people described in the poem "and sometimes i hear this song in my head"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of language in "What Gets Lost/Lo Que Se Pierde." What structural choices does the author make in the work and why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the similes and metaphors in the poems "Other Lives" and "So Far." What common theme relates these two works?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the structural elements of the poems "Breath" and "Bittersweet." What elements of repetition can be seen? What is the rhyme and meter of each?

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