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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the Forward: "Tupac, C U in Heaven"?
(a) Nikki Giovanni.
(b) Sheila Gomez.
(c) Patrica Jones.
(d) Rebecca Connor.

2. Shakur writes in "Family Tree," "I was the tree who grew from" what?
(a) Concrete.
(b) Water.
(c) Granite.
(d) Weeds.

3. The poet concludes "I Know My Heart Has Lied Before" with the line "With All My Heart &" what?
(a) "Spirit."
(b) "Kindness."
(c) "Love."
(d) "Knowledge."

4. What does the rose prove wrong by learning to walk without feet in "The Rose That Grew from Concrete"?
(a) The law of nutrition.
(b) Nature's law.
(c) The city's gardening ordinance.
(d) Gravitiy.

5. What city is the executive and de facto national capital of South Africa?
(a) Pretoria.
(b) Mangaung.
(c) Johannesburg.
(d) Cape Town.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the tears described in "Sometimes I Cry"?

2. What does the poet write "you reeked of" in "1st Impressions"?

3. When was Tupac Shakur born?

4. What does the poet write he lives "like a prisoner" of in the untitled poem in Section 1?

5. In "Family Tree," the poet asks whether the beauty is in the tree or in what?

(see the answer key)

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