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