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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What courses through the speaker's veins in "Her Lips are Copper Wire"?
(a) Fear.
(b) Hate.
(c) Blood.
(d) Electricity.

2. Which part of the speaker does he feel is most easily nourished in "Prayer"?
(a) His body.
(b) His mind.
(c) His soul.
(d) His heart.

3. In "Portrait in Georgia", of what does the breath of the woman described breath smell?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Cane.
(d) Honey.

4. What is Tom's reaction when men mention Louisa and Bob?
(a) He begins to cry.
(b) He becomes paranoid.
(c) He escapes to the woods.
(d) He becomes violent.

5. Where do Bona and Paul get into an argument?
(a) In Paul's room.
(b) On the dance floor.
(c) In the street.
(d) In the hallway.

6. Which part of the woman's body in "Her Lips are Copper Wire" are the transmitters?
(a) Her lips.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her arms.
(d) Her heart.

7. Who is Paul's roommate?
(a) Rhobert.
(b) Tate.
(c) Sam.
(d) Art.

8. In what state do the speaker and Avey have an encounter in the park?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) New York.

9. What event has just happened preceding the descriptions in "Seventh Street"?
(a) World War II.
(b) Civil Rights Movement.
(c) World War I.
(d) Abolition of slavery.

10. Where does the dog go at night in "Calling Jesus"?
(a) It waits at the woman's door.
(b) It talks to Jesus.
(c) It wanders the forest.
(d) It sleeps under the woman's bed.

11. After comparing his soul to a little finger, how does the speaker then describe this body part?
(a) Immovable.
(b) Small.
(c) Resilient.
(d) Frail.

12. How are the body and mind described in "Prayer"?
(a) Translucent.
(b) Opaque.
(c) Bright.
(d) Muddied.

13. "Prayer" deals with the thematic tug and pull between what two issues?
(a) Physical/spiritual needs.
(b) Good/evil.
(c) God/the devil.
(d) Love/hate.

14. Which law is referenced as affecting Seventh Street?
(a) First Amendment.
(b) No gambling.
(c) Anti-interracial marriage.
(d) Prohibition.

15. Who does Dan compare himself to when he makes the exclamation in the theater?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Muriel.
(c) Moses.
(d) A slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rhobert feel about his family?

2. What ethnicity is Paul?

3. Which field worker in "Blood-Burning Mood" is in love with Louisa?

4. At what age does the speaker begin to tell the story of Avey?

5. Why does the speaker in "Harvest Song" beat his hands?

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