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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Karintha express her anger?
(a) Breaking things.
(b) Hurting people's feelings.
(c) Screaming and hitting.
(d) Writing.

2. After her wild behavior, who defends Karintha?
(a) Her teacher.
(b) The preacher.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her boyfriend.

3. What did the townspeople secretly bring Becky?
(a) Money.
(b) Food.
(c) Their problems.
(d) Tools.

4. What does Cloine do while the speaker observes her?
(a) Eats.
(b) Sleeps.
(c) Works the field.
(d) Sits on her porch.

5. How is Carma described?
(a) Lively.
(b) Passionate.
(c) Angry.
(d) Strong.

6. How do the men in Fern's city feel about her after the narrator begins to pay her attention?
(a) They want to run her out of town.
(b) They want to possess her.
(c) They want to protect her.
(d) They want to marry her.

7. In what condition is the soil in November after the boll weevil infestation?
(a) Hard.
(b) Dry.
(c) Dark.
(d) Cold.

8. What is the main fault of the Christian god in "Conversion"?
(a) He is irrational and unwielding.
(b) He is serious and unforgiving.
(c) He is closeminded and unfair.
(d) He is sarcastic and weak.

9. To what are the woman's muscles in "Face" compared?
(a) A rippling river.
(b) The hard ground.
(c) A stone.
(d) A cluster of grapes.

10. How many times has Karintha been married?
(a) Once.
(b) Never.
(c) Twice.
(d) Many times.

11. How is the weather in Georgia in November?
(a) Warm.
(b) Snowing.
(c) Cold.
(d) Raining.

12. How is Esther described physically?
(a) Pale.
(b) Tan.
(c) Dark.
(d) White.

13. What kind of songs are being sung in the cotton fields by field workers in "Georgia Dusk"?
(a) Folk songs.
(b) Blues songs.
(c) Church songs.
(d) Field songs.

14. In "Evening Song", to what is Cloine compared?
(a) Society.
(b) Nature.
(c) Technology,
(d) The body.

15. After her first baby was born, how did the townspeople react towards Becky?
(a) They shunned Becky.
(b) They adopted the child.
(c) They threw Becky a baby shower.
(d) They offered assistance to Becky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Carma shoot?

2. In "Conversion", what is the main fault of the African god?

3. What do the cotton song's lyrics reference?

4. For emphasis of the field workers' plight, what does Toomer use?

5. After finding no wounds in Carma, what does Bane do?

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