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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Nelson Mandela born?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1918.

2. "Or My Soul" is dedicated to whom?
(a) "Dads."
(b) "Moms."
(c) "Uncles."
(d) "Aunts."

3. What is the answer the poet supplies in "The Unanswerable?" to the question "When will there be peace on earth?"
(a) "In 100 years."
(b) "When everyone is equal."
(c) "When U are free."
(d) "When the earth falls 2 pieces!"

4. Oliver North was involved in what political scandal?
(a) Iran-Contra Affair.
(b) The Kennedy assassination.
(c) The Vietnam war.
(d) Watergate.

5. "For Mrs. Hawkins" is written in the memory of whom?
(a) Yusef James.
(b) James Joseph.
(c) Yusef Hawk.
(d) Joseph Hawk.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ronald Reagan begin his term as U.S. President?

2. "Government Assistance or My Soul" describes what animal imagery?

3. Whose blood does the poet write of being in his veins in "For Mrs. Hawkins"?

4. For whom is "Just a Breath of Freedom" written?

5. What did Mrs. Hawkins lose her son to, according to "For Mrs. Hawkins"?

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