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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XI: Madam to You.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does the number runner ask Madam in "Madam and the Number Writer"?
(a) "What would you say / To a date today?
(b) "You sure look nice / Serving that rice."
(c) "But suppose / You goes to hell?"
(d) "Is that big frown / 'Cause your husband's around?"

2. What does the speaker in "Cross" wish in regard to his mother?
(a) He wishes she would just die so he can get his inheritance.
(b) He wishes her well.
(c) He wishes she finds happiness one day.
(d) He wishes she would just die so she doesn't have to suffer anymore.

3. What annoying habit of his Baby does the speaker address in "Morning After"?
(a) Drooling.
(b) Snoring.
(c) Leaving dishes out all the time.
(d) Sneezing.

4. Why is the speaker fired from his job in "Fired"?
(a) Because he was ineffective at his job.
(b) Because he stole from the company.
(c) Because he got in a fight with a coworker.
(d) Because he was late again.

5. What is Hughes known as being the originator of?
(a) Slam poetry.
(b) Modernist poetry.
(c) African American poetry.
(d) Jazz poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Aunt Sue get her stories from in "Aunt Sue's Stories"?

2. What asked the speaker for a kiss in "Suicide's Note"?

3. What inanimate object speaks in "Heaven"?

4. What does the speaker comment about one's mother in "Reverie on the Harlem River"?

5. How does the speaker describe the plants in "Garden"?

(see the answer key)

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