1. What impact did Shahid’s death have upon the author ?

2. Shahid passed away while he was ______.

3. Shahid wanted to go to ______ during his last days.

4. Once in his childhood, what did Shahid’s mother help to create in his room?

5. Shahid firmly believed in ________ politics and religion.

6. Shahid by inclination was a political poet. (a) Yes

7. What did Shahid describe as “the happiest time of his life”?

8. “No matter what the , Shahid worked _________ into his answer. ” Complete the sentence. (a) poetry

9. Who had a great influence on Shahid’s poetry?

10. Shahid described ‘the view of the Brooklyn waterfront slipping into the East River’ as a __________.