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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Within the "Song of the Son," to what are slaves compared?
(a) Plums.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Apples.
(d) Cotton.

2. What is the main fault of the Christian god in "Conversion"?
(a) He is serious and unforgiving.
(b) He is sarcastic and weak.
(c) He is closeminded and unfair.
(d) He is irrational and unwielding.

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

4. Who is the "son" in the "Song of the Son"?
(a) Jesus.
(b) The plantation owner's son.
(c) A boy.
(d) The slaves' ancestors.

5. How are the horses pulling the mower in "Reapers" described?
(a) Strong.
(b) Black.
(c) Huge.
(d) Loud.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Esther think that men feel about her?

3. What type of tree is singing in the swamp as the men walk home from the sawmill?

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

5. Where was Becky's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the forest in "Nullo"?

2. Why might the author choose to describe the pine forest in "Nullo"?

3. How does the author describe both the African and Christian God in "Conversion"?

4. What does the fieldmouse represent in the poem, "Reapers"?

5. Given the imagery in the poem "Portrait in Georgia", how might the author view the position of black Georgian residents?

6. What does the speaker ultimately decide to do about his hunger in "Harvest Song"?

7. What seems to be the overall emotional impression of the woman described in "Face"?

8. How does Dorris feel about the theater manager's brother, John?

9. Why might the author have used electrical imagery to describe the woman in "Her Lips are Copper Wire"?

10. How did the older generation view the blooming of the November Cotton Flower?

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