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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. Where does the narrator of "That Kind of Marriage" sleep?

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

3. Who is the only person who lives in the town of "Benavides, Texas, 1906"?

4. In "Truth," the author's world has always been what?

5. What is the name of the narrator's son in "Tough Ride"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What journey is described in "Ghazal (For William Stafford)"?

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

3. What simile is used to describe the father's hand in "The Memory Prayer"? What does the lightning do?

4. What does the author give back in "I Give You Back"? What is personified?

5. Who is remembered in the poem "Words My Friend Can't Bring Himself to Say"?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the use of personification and imagery in "What the Stones Knew." What is personified in the poem and why?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the themes in "Battleground State Park" and "Son, Skating." What is the setting of each poem? Who are the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of self-identity in the poems "Waking Instructions" and "I, Myself." What symbolism and imagery is used to reinforce this theme?

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