Trivia Questions for "A Heart Made of Tissue Paper"

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A Heart Made of Tissue Paper

How many of these questions can you answer correctly?

1. In the poem, “From a Far Land Humming,” what role does the speaker fulfill for the singer?

2. In the haiku, “Cherry Lips,” what do the beloved’s lips taste like?

3. What surprising confession ends the poem, “How I Felt”?

4. In the poem, “Hate,” what unpleasant taste is compared to hatred?

5. In the poem, “The Room in Which Stories Live,” what magical substance is kept in jars?

6. In the poem, “Unfitting Laughter,” the instrument Richey plays at the Christmas concert is: (a) a trombone  (b) a clarinet  (c) a trumpet 

7. In the title poem, “A Heart Made of Tissue Paper,” life is compared to a thunderstorm that drenches hearts―True or False?

8. In the poem, “Sage Rosemary,” what are the names of Sage’s brother and sister?

9. In the poem “Taskmaster,” the objects that the speaker must dig out, haul, pile, and paint are: (a) pinecones (b) fence posts (c) rocks 

10. In the poem, “Under the Willow Tree,” what serves as a concealing curtain?

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