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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25 "Box Seat".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the hair of the woman described compared to in "Portrait in Georgia"?
(a) Maggots.
(b) A snake.
(c) A dog's tail.
(d) A lyncher's rope.

2. To whose singing does the author repeatedly compare Fern's face?
(a) An angel child.
(b) A churchgoer.
(c) A Jewish cantor.
(d) A field worker.

3. Where are Muriel, Bernice, and Dan going to see the show?
(a) Lincoln Theater.
(b) Ross Theater.
(c) Grand Theater.
(d) Edgewood Theater.

4. What will the speaker's feeling overpower in "Her Lips are Copper Wire"?
(a) His own hesitations.
(b) The wishes of others.
(c) The power grid.
(d) The woman's objections.

5. In "Her Lips are Copper Wire," what does Toomer use as a larger description theme?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Sports.
(d) Cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wish is expressed by the speaker in "Beehive"?

2. What recurring dream does Esther have about her father's store?

3. What kind of songs are being sung in the cotton fields by field workers in "Georgia Dusk"?

4. Where was Becky's house?

5. How does the woman personified with the face seem to be?

(see the answer key)

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