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