1 What gesture do the "single girls" make? turning their heads away biting their tongue rolling their eyes plugging their ears 2 What word does the speaker compare to the sound of "wife"? knife life why white 3 The speaker asks why being a wife sounds like ______ a job a reward a role in a play a punishment 4 Whom does Limón quote in this poem? Judy Brady Octavia Butler Virginia Woolf Jane Austen 5 What is the title of the quoted work? Sense and Sensibility Kindred A Room of One's Own I Want A Wife 6 Which of the following appears FIRST in lines 13-14? bad wife housewife good wife fishwife 7 Which of the following does the speaker NOT describe herself doing? crying journaling in the yard staring tearing the earth 8 To what is the tea kettle compared? a train whistle the shriek of truck tires the bark of a dog a roar of fire 9 The speaker "doesn't want to be _______" erased admonished diminished invalidated 10 The single girls say that their friend's upcoming trip is "not _________" feminist wife-approved child-inclusive respectful 11 The speaker "cannot stop ________" fixing grieving writing crying 12 To whom is the end of the poem addressed? the famous feminist the husband the reader the single girls 13 What does the speaker worry she "isn't good at"? saying the word wife writing her poems loving her husband fighting the patriarchy 14 What part of speech does the speaker use, five times in a row in lines 12-13, to describe a wife? verbs nouns sounds adjectives 15 Which of the following is NOT a way in which the poem's second half differs from the first? the second half is all one long sentence the second half is less feminist the second half introduces a "you" the second half is more vulnerable 16 How many stanzas is "Wife"? 2 4 24 1 17 In what book was "Wife" published? Bright Dead Things The Carrying Sharks in the Rivers The Hurting Kind 18 What is unusual about Ada Limón's career? She is a full-time poet She is unmarried She is also a highly successful scientist She is supported entirely by patrons 19 What types of images dominate "Wife"? machinery and weapons domestic labor the natural world astronomy 20 What title did Limón take on in 2022? Wife Poet Laureate of the United States Poet Laureate of Kentucky Famous Feminist 21 Which of the following is a side role Ada Limón holds? schoolteacher podcast host horse jockey marketing executive 22 What is this poem's form? Sonnet Free verse Prose poem Epic 23 Which of the following best describes the tonal shift over the course of the poem? critical to vulnerable serious to ironic hopeless to ambitious humorous to angry 24 Which award did this book win? The Guggenheim Fellowship The Ruth Lilly Scholarship The National Book Critics Circle Award The Pulitzer Prize 25 What onomatopoeia does the speaker use for the word "wife"? whiff phew zing woosh