October Mourning: A Song For Matthew Shepard Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What is the significance of the time span of 18 hours in the poem "What You Can Do in Eighteen Hours"? (from "The Clothesline" - "The Housekeeper, ICU")

Eighteen hours is how long it took to find and arrest McKinney and Henderson.

Eighteen hours is how long Shepard lived after he was taken to the hospital.

Eighteen hours is how long Shepard was tied to the fence before he was found.

Eighteen hours is how long Shepard was beaten by McKinney and Henderson.

2.

Why is the clothesline given a voice in the book of poetry? (from "The Clothesline" - "The Housekeeper, ICU")

A clothesline watched as Shepard and the boys drove past in the truck.

A clothesline was watching as Shepard was beaten.

A clothesline was used to choke Shepard.

A clothesline was used to tie Shepard up.

3.

What did the road want to do when it saw how Shepard was being treated? (from "The Fence (before)" - "Signs of Trouble")

Heave.

Break in two.

Call for help.

Cry.

4.

What does the fence say about being a shrine? (from "The Fence (one week later)" - "A Chorus of Parents")

It is preferable to being a device of torture.

It is preferable to being the scene of a crime.

It is preferable to being alone.

It is preferable to having no meaning.

5.

How much money did McKinney and Henderson steal from Shepard? (from "The Church Lady" - "Pilgrimage")

Twenty dollars.

Fifty dollars.

Five dollars.

Two hundred dollars.

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