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Poems and Stories by Janet Wong
Poems and Stories by Janet Wong
Good Luck Gold
Old Friend
In Mother's Shadow
Daddy and Shin
When a Cop Stops You
Gonggong and Susie
Declaration of Interdependence

Bubble Troubles
Poetry Quiz
Bubble Troubles: Poems about Testing
by Janet Wong


    Bubble Troubles


    I'm in trouble with my bubbles.
    I put a double answer-
    A and D-
    down for #10
    accidentally.
    Could've been an easy fix.
    It should've been an easy fix,
    if I'd caught it right away,
    but I'm on #36.
    I'm erasing the wrong answers,
    bubbling in one line below,
    and I've got an awful lot of painful
    bubbling left to go.
    And a queasy feeling's filling up
    my mouth and throat and chest.
    What would happen if I happened
    to vomit on the test?



    The Answer Could Be C

    The answer should be C.
    But that must be a trick-
    because the last two both were C.
    That would be slick:

    C and C and C
    to answer #1 and 2 and 3?



    What is the Main Idea of the Story?

    What is the main idea of the story?

    A. yes, that's true
    B. certainly not
    C. wait: this works, too?
    D. this one's not exactly wrong

    I wish the question was,
    “Which does NOT belong?”


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