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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. According to the cotton song, how does God feel about picking cotton?
(a) He cares not what we do on Earth.
(b) He thinks that it is sustained slavery.
(c) He thinks that it is good work.
(d) He thinks it is an abomination.

2. Why did Carma take a lover?
(a) She was bored.
(b) She hated Bane.
(c) She didn't take a lover.
(d) She wanted attention.

3. According to the cotton song, what is the salvation of Judgment Day?
(a) Freedom from slavery.
(b) Entrance into heaven.
(c) Eternal food.
(d) Absolution of sins.

4. Who is observing the forest in "Nullo"?
(a) Only the speaker.
(b) Rhobert.
(c) The townspeople.
(d) Fern.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Becky was a _____________ woman and her children were ______________.

2. How many sons did Becky have?

3. After her wild behavior, who defends Karintha?

4. When she is nine years old, by whom does Esther become entranced?

5. How do the men in Fern's city feel about her after the narrator begins to pay her attention?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the poem "Seventh Street," how has prohibition affected the Black residents of Washington, D.C.?

2. Describe the procession of men leaving work as told in "Georgia Dusk."

3. How is the beehive described in "Beehive"?

4. How does Becky survive without the ability to work on her own?

5. Why might Toomer have chosen to end with the image of light upon Father John and Carrie?

6. What references to the black slave experience do we see in "Portrait in Georgia"?

7. Why won't Muriel go with Dan?

8. What is the purpose of the "Song of the Son"?

9. As Karintha becomes a woman, what do young men do for her?

10. What effect does the smoke have on Karintha's surroundings the day that she gives birth to her child?

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