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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Carma's story?
(a) The crudest melodrama.
(b) The finest love story.
(c) A dastardly debacle.
(d) The saddest tragedy.

2. At twenty-two, how does Esther decide that she feels about Barlo?
(a) She is disgusted by him.
(b) She loves him.
(c) She is dependent upon him.
(d) She hates him.

3. What color is the hair of the old woman described in "Face"?
(a) Silver gray.
(b) Earth brown.
(c) Sunny blond.
(d) Jet black.

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

5. 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 is on fire.
(d) That it crumbles to the ground.

6. How does the woman personified with the face seem to be?
(a) Sad.
(b) In love.
(c) Happy.
(d) Thoughtful.

7. To what type of tree does the poem "Nullo" refer?
(a) Willow.
(b) Pine.
(c) Oak.
(d) Fir.

8. Which celestial orb does the author use in "Evening Song" to describe Cloine?
(a) The moon.
(b) The sun.
(c) The stars.
(d) The Earth.

9. What did the townspeople secretly bring Becky?
(a) Their problems.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) Tools.

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

11. What has Karintha's abuse in the past caused her to do?
(a) Ripen too soon.
(b) Love like a lamb
(c) Sink in the sand.
(d) Wilt like a flower.

12. Which alcohol does the African god drink in "Conversion"?
(a) Wine.
(b) Moonshine.
(c) Rum.
(d) Beer.

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

14. After her first baby was born, how did the townspeople react towards Becky?
(a) They threw Becky a baby shower.
(b) They offered assistance to Becky.
(c) They shunned Becky.
(d) They adopted the child.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the eyebrows of the old woman described in "Face" shaped?

2. The Song of the Son is a song about whom?

3. Why were the old folks startled by the November cotton flower?

4. According to the cotton song, how does God feel about picking cotton?

5. What do the men do after working at the sawmill in "Georgia Dusk"?

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