View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The poem "Evening Song" is an ode to whom?
(a) Becky.
(b) Fern.
(c) Cloine.
(d) Karintha.

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

4. According to the text, how many rooms do typical homes in Georgia have?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

5. What religion do those being converted now belong to in "Conversion"?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Paganism.

6. What do all of the men in Karintha's life want to bring her?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Hope.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Money.

7. How does the narrator describe Carma's story?
(a) The crudest melodrama.
(b) A dastardly debacle.
(c) The finest love story.
(d) The saddest tragedy.

8. How have the woman's wrinkles described in "Face" been made?
(a) Fright.
(b) Thought.
(c) Pain.
(d) Stress.

9. Who is observing the forest in "Nullo"?
(a) Rhobert.
(b) Fern.
(c) Only the speaker.
(d) The townspeople.

10. What color is the hair of the old woman described in "Face"?
(a) Earth brown.
(b) Jet black.
(c) Sunny blond.
(d) Silver gray.

11. What do the cotton song's lyrics reference?
(a) Easter.
(b) Judgment Day.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Sunday.

12. What information does a towns person divulge to the narrator upon first sight of Fern?
(a) That she is loved by many.
(b) Only her name.
(c) That she is promiscuous.
(d) Her line of work.

13. What did Karintha do as a child?
(a) Gossiped about her peers.
(b) Loved to read.
(c) Played baseball.
(d) Danced with older boys.

14. According to the cotton song, how does God feel about picking cotton?
(a) He thinks that it is sustained slavery.
(b) He thinks it is an abomination.
(c) He cares not what we do on Earth.
(d) He thinks that it is good work.

15. To what does the speaker compare another birth in the family line in "Song of the Son"?
(a) A royal crown.
(b) A bird's nest.
(c) A tree leaf.
(d) A plum seed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the old folks startled by the November cotton flower?

2. Within the "Song of the Son," to what are slaves compared?

3. How does Esther think that men feel about her?

4. Becky was a _____________ woman and her children were ______________.

5. At twenty-two, how does Esther decide that she feels about Barlo?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 435 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample