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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the woman described in "Face" doing?
(a) Thinking.
(b) Smiling.
(c) Crying.
(d) Crying.

2. What happens to the speaker and Fern when they are together in the cornfield?
(a) Fern begins to undress.
(b) The speaker attacks Fern as the townspeople look on.
(c) They make love.
(d) Fern faints and begins to convulse.

3. With what does the poem "Nullo" primarily deal?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Fire.
(c) Silence.
(d) Slavery.

4. How is the soil described in "Song of the Son"?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Gray.
(d) Brown.

5. Upon which of Cloine's body parts is the speaker fixated?
(a) Her legs.
(b) Her lips.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her hands.

6. What do the cotton song's lyrics reference?
(a) Judgment Day.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Easter.

7. How does the speaker feel about Cloine?
(a) He hates her.
(b) He is entranced by her.
(c) He finds her ugly.
(d) He does not care about her.

8. What animal has been walking in the forest as evidenced by imprints in "Nullo"?
(a) Fox.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Bear.
(d) Cow.

9. When contemplating what sort of life Fern might have, how does the author compare love to prejudice?
(a) It is difficult to change once it has been engrained.
(b) It cannot be bettered by a change in geographical location.
(c) It is subject to the same narrowminded assumptions.
(d) It is deeply rooted in issues of possession.

10. What recurring dream does Esther have about her father's store?
(a) That she and Barlo own it.
(b) That it is broken into.
(c) That it crumbles to the ground.
(d) That it is on fire.

11. What do the men do after working at the sawmill in "Georgia Dusk"?
(a) Play cards.
(b) Drink.
(c) Play horseshoes.
(d) Sing.

12. In what condition is the soil in November after the boll weevil infestation?
(a) Hard.
(b) Dry.
(c) Dark.
(d) Cold.

13. The Song of the Son is a song about whom?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Love.
(c) Barlo.
(d) Slaves.

14. In "Evening Song", to what is Cloine compared?
(a) The body.
(b) Technology,
(c) Society.
(d) Nature.

15. Who does the narrator blame for the end of Carma's story?
(a) Karintha.
(b) Carma.
(c) Bane.
(d) Bollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the "Song of the Son," where ought we pour our soul?

2. After finding no wounds in Carma, what does Bane do?

3. Of what are scythes made?

4. How have the woman's wrinkles described in "Face" been made?

5. How does the narrator describe Carma's story?

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