1 What was the name of Warsan Shire's first poetry collection? Her Blue Body Lemonade Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth Extreme Girlhood 2 Where was Warsan Shire born? England America Kenya Somalia 3 Which of these themes is "The House" NOT about? Love Memory Sexual abuse Migration 4 What happens to the character Johnny in "The House"? He breaks into the basement of dreams He sneaks into the speaker's house and ends up chained in the basement He calls God through the window but receives no answer He wakes up in a bathtub full of ice 5 Which of Warsan Shire's poems went viral first? The House For Women Who are Difficult to Love Backwards River of Milk 6 What is the name of Warsan Shire's audio-poetry album on Bandcamp? Her Blue Body warsan versus melancholy The House Lemonade 7 Warsan Shire was the Younger Poet Laureate of... Los Angeles Mogadishu London Nairobi 8 Shire edits which magazine...? Ebony SPOOK Diode Honeysuckle 9 Shire is often called a voice for... Pacifism Christianity Diaspora Radicalism 10 From where does "The House" get its title? From something the speaker's first love said From something the speaker thought of From something the speaker's father said From something the speaker's mother said 11 "The House" uses what form to separate its stanzas? Roman numerals Numbers Letters Bullet points 12 The sentence "Nin soo joog laga waayo, soo jiifso aa laga helaa" is in what language? Xhosa Somali Zulu Afrikaans 13 What is an example of a motif in "The House"? The apple The house The kitchen of lust The jam jar 14 The phrase "new, neat procedure" is likely referring to... A murder A birth A sex change Castration 15 Near the end of the poem the speaker is questioned by whom... A social worker A police officer A true love A teacher 16 Which is an example of a motif in "The House"? The house as a feminine body The narrator's mother's warnings The bathtub Johnny's bottle of bleach 17 What is one of Warsan Shire's main poetic subjects? The American dream Diaspora and displacement The trappings of ambition Queerness and gender identification 18 What is the function of humor in "The House"? It represents the narrator's desire to connect with others It is a way of making other people laugh It adds lightness to contrast the poem's heaviness It manages the darkness of what the narrator is saying 19 Warsan Shire's poetry was featured in which of these in 2016? Beyoncé's Lemonade The Nuyorican's slam poetry finals Janelle Monae's Dirty Computer The Museum of Modern Art 20 Warsan Shire was born in what year? 1988 1963 1997 1984