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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 90 - 131).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "& So," how does grief leave when it goes?
(a) Softly.
(b) With sadness.
(c) With joy.
(d) With a bang.

2. In "Alarum," what does the poet say we are writing as?
(a) The daughter of a dying world.
(b) An augur.
(c) A friend.
(d) A soothsayer.

3. In "Cut," what is there no simple way to do?
(a) Eat.
(b) Grieve.
(c) Heal.
(d) Hurt.

4. In "Lighthouse," what is the heart chambered by?
(a) Grief.
(b) Hope.
(c) Fear.
(d) Love.

5. Whose journals does "The Soldiers (or Plummer)" draw from?
(a) Henry Plummer's.
(b) Andy Plummer's.
(c) Mike Plummer's.
(d) Roy Underwood Plummer's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Life," what is life?

2. In "The Soldiers (or Plummer)" why does Plummer ask if they have really won the war at all?

3. In "Lucent," what is the most beautiful star?

4. In "Letter From a Nurse," what does everyone have to do?

5. What does Plummer say whites do not love in "The Soldiers (or Plummer)"?

(see the answer key)

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